09 October 2011

Small Fire Erupts at LA Oil Refinery

Small Fire Erupts at LA Oil Refinery

Los Angeles city firefighters battled a small fire Sunday  inside an oil refinery in Harbor City, a fire official said.

A leak in an 800-pound hydrogen tank at the ConocoPhillips Wilmington Refinery led to the Sunday morning fire, said City fire spokesman Brian Humphrey.

Fire officials call the blaze small, but a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the refinery from nearby Interstate 110.

Humphrey says the on-site fire brigade is keeping it under  control, with city firefighters poised to join them if it grows.

There have been no injuries or evacuations.

 

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