"Viral footage from dashcams and doorbell cams show the moment of the initial roaring explosion and fireball: ALERTCalifornia cameras maintained by UC San Diego captured the initial explosion tonight at the Chevron El Segundo Oil Refinery right outside Los Angeles, which resulted in a large fire at the refinery, though authorities state that the fire is currently contained to only one pic.twitter.com/JtoYwmSAQd OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 3, 2025"
"Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, confused local residents described the scene in apocalyptic terms as heavy smoke billowed from the blaze. I thought we got nuked or something, said Mark Rogers, who had been playing in an adult soccer league game six miles away. This was 300-foot flames, Kevin Mohr told the outlet as he watched from Manhattan Beach. I didn't know if a plane crashed or there was an earthquake or both."
A massive explosion and subsequent fire erupted at Chevron's El Segundo oil refinery, producing large flames and heavy smoke visible south of Los Angeles International Airport. Dashcams, doorbell cams, and monitoring cameras captured the initial blast and fireball. Local residents described apocalyptic scenes, with some reporting 300-foot flames and fearing a plane crash or earthquake. Chevron stated the fire was isolated to one area, that all refinery personnel and contractors were accounted for, and that there were no injuries. Emergency responders and refinery firefighters worked through the night to contain the blaze. A three-hour shelter-in-place alert covered parts of Manhattan Beach, and fence-line monitors detected no toxic-emission exceedances.
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