Chevron Refinery Fire Stories
A list of the most recent stories about Chevron Refinery Fire.
Feds: Pipe wall in refinery fire was thin as penny
A corroded pipe that failed and triggered a leak and massive fire at one of California's largest refineries had walls as thin as a penny in some areas, federal investigators said. U.S. Chemical Safety Board officials said late Tuesday that a key part of their probe into the fire at ...
Mistakes made in alerting public to Chevron refinery fire
Mistakes were made in alerting the public about potentially dangerous pollution created by a huge fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond last month, regulators said Monday. The disclosure came as the Bay Area Air Quality Management District held a public meeting in San Francisco to discuss its response and ...
Feinstein calls for fed probe into gas price spike
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling for a federal investigation into gasoline price spikes that followed a fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond. In a letter sent Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission, Feinstein said the Aug. 6 blaze that damaged the state's third largest refinery did not affect ...
CoCo County looking to replace emergency notification system after Chevron fire
Contra Costa County leaders said Thursday that the fact it took up to three hours for the emergency warning system to notify some area residents about the Chevron Refinery fire earlier this month is completely unacceptable. That's why they are now looking to hire another company to operate the warning ...
Air Board: Weather conditions helped disperse Chevron smoke plume
The Bay Area Air District Thursday released the lab results from air samples captured at its San Pablo air monitoring site, concluding that Mother Nature aided in dispersing the thick smoke plume spewed from a fire at Chevron’s Richmond refinery plant. The San Pablo site was the agency’s closest particulate ...
County considering switching emergency alert providers after refinery fire
Concerned about problems with Contra Costa County's emergency phone alert system during the Chevron refinery fire earlier this month, county health officials were meeting Wednesday with a potential new vendor to administer the system. The system, currently administered by CityWatch Notification Systems, sends alerts to landline phones to inform local ...
Chevron opening second help center for residents to file liability claims
With thousands of liability claims being filed, Chevron announced it is opening an additional help center in North Richmond to further assist residents affected from the August 6 refinery fire. From Wednesday through Friday, Chevron will use the community room of the North Richmond Community Heritage Senior Apartments at 1555 ...
Officials release new photos of toxic vapor cloud over Chevron Refinery
At a press conference held by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board Monday, officials released never-before-seen photos of the massive toxic vapor cloud that ignited to fuel the fire that destroyed part of the chevron refinery in Richmond two weeks ago. The federal agency released the photos taken from nine miles ...
Lawsuit accuses Chevron of gross negligence leading to refinery fire
Three Bay Area attorneys filed a lawsuit against Chevron Wednesday, claiming the oil company was "grossly negligent" in its handling of maintenance leading up to the massive Aug. 6 fire at its Richmond refinery that sent thousands of local residents to hospitals. Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris teamed with ...
Investigators question why Chevron pipe wasn't replaced
Federal investigators looking into last week's fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond said Tuesday that they want to know why the 8-inch carbon steel pipe that failed wasn't replaced in November during a round of maintenance. At a news conference outside the refinery, U.S. Chemical Safety Board managing ...
Chevron facility in Richmond deemed hazardous
Structural engineers on Monday deemed the site of a Chevron refinery fire in Richmond hazardous for human entry after looking at the failed pipe that leaked and sent a towering plume of black smoke into the sky. Federal and state investigators were discussing plans Monday for how to make the ...
Chevron refinery fire probe focuses on corrosion
Federal investigators probing the cause of a massive Chevron oil refinery fire are focusing on possible corrosion in a decades-old pipe the company inspected late last year but did not replace. Investigators with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board told The Associated Press on Saturday that the November inspection led Chevron ...
Chevron braces for wave of legal claims after refinery fire
Hundreds of Richmond residents descended on a makeshift Chevron Corp. claim center Friday with legal claims caused by a refinery fire that fouled the region's air for hours, sending more than 4,000 people to seek medical care for breathing problems and irritated eyes. Thousands more submitted similar claims throughout the ...
Refinery fire highlights pollution concerns
A massive Chevron oil refinery fire that sent hundreds of people rushing to hospitals and is pushing West Coast gas prices higher was just the latest pollution incident at the facility that records show has increasingly violated air quality rules over the past five years. The Chevron oil refinery is ...
Residents near refinery fire heckle Chevron execs
There was not enough time during a two-hour town hall meeting in Richmond Tuesday night to address infuriated residents' concerns surrounding a fire at the local Chevron oil refinery the night before. The meeting was held to address those concerns a day after the 3-alarm fire broke out at the ...
Motorists who crossed bridge during refinery fire being mailed toll bill
While Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll takers were sheltering in place to avoid unhealthy air from a fire burning at the nearby Richmond Chevron refinery Monday evening, motorists crossed the toll plaza without paying. But the bills were in the mail, a Caltrans spokesman said Tuesday. The fire, which broke out ...
Air quality ok after tests reveal low pollution levels in wake of refinery fire
Despite a thick cloud of smoke covering a good portion of western Contra Costa County from a fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond on Monday night, the air quality was minimally impacted, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The air district inspectors collected samples of the ...
Chevron gives more details on leak detected prior to refinery fire
As residents of western Contra Costa County recovered from the effects of a massive fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond the night before, the head of emergency services at the refinery offered another apology and provided some updates on the blaze Tuesday afternoon. Chief Mark Ayers said a hydrocarbon ...
Experts: Refinery fire will boost gas prices
A major fire at one of the country's biggest oil refineries that sent scores of people to hospitals with breathing problems will push gas prices above $4 a gallon on the West Coast, analysts said Tuesday. The fire, which sent plumes of black smoke over the San Francisco Bay area, ...
Chevron launches investigation into Richmond refinery fire
An investigation was launched Tuesday by Chevron officials looking for the cause a leak that triggered a massive fireball and release of a toxic cloud of smoke from its Richmond refinery. Chevron emergency services chief Mark Ayers told reporters a team of experts had been assembled to search for a ...
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