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A fire that erupted at Martinez Refining Co.’s facility in Contra Costa County on Saturday afternoon injured at least six people and prompted officials to issue a shelter-in-place alert for adjacent neighborhoods for about four hours, as black smoke spewed into the surrounding community.
The
blaze broke out at approximately 1:47 p.m., officials said, spewing
plumes of black smoke and hundreds of pounds sulphur dioxide. The fire
was contained to the refinery but remained unextinguished as of Saturday
evening as refinery fire personnel and firefighters from the Contra
Costa County Fire Protection District worked to put it out. A
shelter-in-place alert for parts of Martinez was lifted just before 9:30
p.m. ---More...
????#BREAKING: Emergency crews declared a level 2 hazmats situation after a massive fire has broken out at the Martinez refinery plant
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Numerous emergency crews are currently on the scene in Contra Costa County, California, after a massive fire broke… pic.twitter.com/ep01rzqtgb
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