The explosion occurred at a major California refinery on Friday, the newspaper writes the Los Angeles Times.
According to the newspaper, the company, where the incident occurred, is owned by Tesoro. As the representative of the local Department of fire services, at approximately 13: 00 local time blew up a storage tank for petroleum products, after which there was a fire.
The resulting fire was quickly extinguished, however, the tank continued to go smoke. Authorities as a precaution recommended the population to find shelter and temporarily closed several streets. Messages on victims did not arrive. Police later allowed people to get out of the house and opened the street.
Investigation of possible causes of the incident. In addition, the company tested the air for harmful substances. It is noted that harmful substances at the level that threatens the health, were found.
