Experts in the oil and energy industries said that gas prices in California were temporarily affected by the Martinez ...

TO THE BAY AREA NOW WHERE CREWS ARE BATTLING A FIRE AT A REFINERY PLANT THAT HAS SENT MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. IT’S HAPPENING AT THE MARTINEZ OIL REFINERY, A SHELTER IN PLACE FOR THE ...

An explosive fire that ignited at a Martinez oil refinery and triggered shelter-in-place warnings spewed cancer-causing chemicals and other harmful products into the air, according to new details ...

Crashes and Disasters | New Bay Area fire-hazard maps ... caused by a leak of hydrocarbons in the refinery’s Light Oil Processing area. Multiple complaints of “chemical/refinery odors ...

(BCN) — The Bay Area Air District began getting complaints ... The fire broke out amid flaring at the oil refinery leading to a public health advisory from Contra Costa County Health for ...

Officials with the Bay Area Air District said began ... 2 alert filed by MRC regarding a fire in the light oil processing area of the refinery. Contra Costa Health said on its website that the ...

If you think gas prices are high now, just wait till the state takes over the oil refineries. That’s an option the California ...

At around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, two workers were opening equipment ahead of maintenance on one of the refinery’s process units. They immediately evacuated the area as the material caught fire.

In the aftermath of the fire on Feb. 1, the Bay Area Air Quality District sent violation notices to the refinery ... that there were complaints about oil and gas odor in the hours leading up ...

(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) By Thursday ... Throughout the 1980s, the state had around 30 to 40 oil refineries. Now there are no more than 13 refineries in California, according to the ...