Excess gasoline was being flared, or burned off, by the refinery, he added. The explosion occurred near a fluid catalytic cracking unit at the refinery, according to David Campbell, the treasurer and secretary of the local chapter of the United Steelworkers, which represent operators at the plant.
Helicopter news footage on local television station KNBC showed a scene of twisted metal wreckage as firefighters poured streams of water on the refinery. A few vans were covered in ash and debris with their doors open. Students at 14 schools near the refinery were ordered to shelter in place because of concerns over air quality, meaning students would not be allowed outside, Torrance Unified School District spokeswoman Tammy Khan told Reuters.
The company said it was looking into the cause of the explosion, according to Gesuina Paras, a public and government affairs adviser at Exxon Mobil. Torrance had a population of more than , in , according to a U.
Census Bureau estimate. The incident came after the United Steelworkers walked out of 11 facilities, including nine refineries, after negotiations on a national contract stalled on Feb. One of the central issues, according to the USW, is employee safety. There have been more than vaccine breakthrough infections of COVID in fully vaccinated casino workers in Clark County, a number similar to that of health care workers.
Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show.
Flames leap from a burner unit after an explosion at the Exxon-Mobil refinery in Torrance, California, February 18, The explosion at the Husky Energy oil refinery happened at about 10 a. Panger said the fire was out by a. Superior police later tweeted that the fire had reignited and urged residents living within a one-mile radius of the refinery to leave. Police blocked roads around the refinery in Superior, which is home to about 27, people and borders Minnesota to the north and the tip of Lake Superior.
Essentia Health spokeswoman Maureen Talarico said five people injured in the explosion are being treated at St. She said emergency room physicians described those patients as awake and alert. Another five are being treated at St. She said the extent of injuries is unknown. In Duluth, St. She did not have a condition for that person. Panger said a small tank containing either crude oil or asphalt exploded in the refinery.
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