The bulk of fire activity had been dealt with by 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, nearly five hours after it began, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
, shooting flames at least 100 feet into the air. An explosion in a cooling tower at the refinery — which residents reported hearing from as far away as Glendale, Studio City and Atwater Village — preceded the fire.Daniya Ahmed, 22, who lives about a mile and a half west of the refinery, said she was doing her nightly routine when she heard a loud boom.
“I got really confused and honestly frightened,” Ahmed said in a Twitter message. “My heart was racing.” The fire prompted a brief closure of all lanes of the 405 Freeway at Wilmington Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. All lanes reopened by about 11:45 p.m. after being closed for about 30 minutes.
The refinery is the largest on the West Coast, with a crude oil capacity of 363,000 barrels per day, according to Marathon Petroleum Corp. A spokesperson for the Ohio-headquartered company could not be immediately reached for comment Wednesday morning.
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