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Richmond emergency officials report Martinez refinery explosion, sustained Chevron flaring and storm impacts; city urges sign-up for alerts
Summary
Richmond emergency officials told the City Council that a refinery explosion in Martinez, sustained flaring at Chevron and excessive rainfall produced localized flooding and sewer overflows over a recent weekend, and that there was no known threat to Richmond residents.
Richmond public-safety officials briefed the City Council on storm impacts and two regional industrial incidents over the weekend, and they urged residents to enroll in official emergency-notification systems.
Fire Chief Aaron Osorio said the county and Richmond Office of Emergency Services monitored an early Saturday explosion and fire at Martinez Refining Company that produced a smoke plume affecting Martinez, Pacheco, Bay Point and parts of Solano County. Mutual-aid firefighting brigades, including Chevron Fire Department crews, assisted at the scene; Osorio said the fire burned for about a day and a half and that the county's Office of Emergency Services issued informational Nixle/Nixel alerts to reassure the public that there was no known community risk.
Chief Osorio also described a related but distinct incident of intermittent flaring…
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