Phillips 66 contains fire at its Los Angeles refinery
Phillips 66 said it had contained a fire at its Los Angeles refinery. Officials said there were no injuries during the incident.
Phillips 66 said the fire occurred at the Carson facility, which is part of the Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
The refinery processes mainly heavy, high-sulfur crude oil, according to the company’s website.
A plume of thick black smoke was visible when the facility was ablaze, however, the company said that the community air monitoring readings have shown no offsite impact.
Separately, the Los Angeles County Fire Department told Reuters that there are no known casualties and no evacuations.
Reporting by Subrat Patnaik and Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; additional reporting by Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; editing by Richard Pullin
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