Chevron refinery fire in El Segundo extinguished; investigation underway into cause
Last updated: Saturday, October 4, 2025 5:55AM GMT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (KABC) -- Crews extinguished a massive fire that erupted at a Chevron oil refinery in El Segundo, which sent up large flames and plumes of smoke into the air.
The fire broke out around 9 p.m. Thursday and could be seen for miles across the South Bay. Officials said there was no threat to the public.
"All refinery personnel and contractors have been accounted for and there are no injuries," Allison Cook, a Chevron spokesperson, said in a statement.
The refinery is the largest oil-producing site on the West Coast, and it isn't the first explosion it has seen.
It was not immediately clear what caused Thursday's blaze.
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El Segundo refinery has seen 4 other fires since 2016
There have been at least four other fires at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo since 2016.
The last one happened back in 2022. During that incident, firefighters kept the fire confined to the refinery and nobody was hurt.
Chevron's El Segundo refinery is the largest oil-producing site on the west coast. We're taking a look at past fires at the facility.
In 2018, a power failure triggered a burn-off at the facility. Black smoke could be seen for miles but there was never a threat to the public.
A year before that in 2017, a fire broke out near the storage tanks at the refinery. That was was put out in about an hour without any injuries.
And in 2016, a fire burned several storage containers at the refinery.
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New video from AIR7 shows refinery fire still burning
As Eyewitness News continues coverage of the massive fire at Chevron's refinery in El Segundo, we got a look from AIR7 several hours after it erupted.
The large flames created an almost apocalyptic scene when it first started Thursday night. By Friday morning, the fire was still burning but crews appeared to have contained it to one area of the refinery site.
As Eyewitness News continues coverage of the massive fire at Chevron's refinery in El Segundo, we're getting a look from AIR7.
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Chevron issues statement, says there are no injuries
A Chevron spokesperson issued a statement following the fire at the refinery in El Segundo, saying:
"Chevron fire department personnel, including emergency responders from the City of El Segundo and Manhattan Beach are actively responding to an isolated fire inside the Chevron El Segundo Refinery. All refinery personnel and contractors have been accounted for and there are no injuries.
"No evacuation orders for area residents have been put in place by emergency response agencies monitoring the incident, and no exceedances have been detected by the facilities fence line monitoring system."
