Fire at Los Angeles-area Chevron oil refinery is contained

A massive fire erupted at a Los Angeles-area Chevron oil refinery Thursday night, according to officials and video that captured the scene.

LOS ANGELES — A massive fire erupted at a Los Angeles-area Chevron oil refinery Thursday night, sending a fireball in the air and startling residents, according to officials and video that captured the scene.

There were no injuries, Chevron said. The fire was seen at the refinery around 9:32 p.m. (12:32 a.m. ET), according to police in the coastal city of El Segundo. Video posted to social media showed a fireball and the night sky lit up by flames.

“Chevron fire department personnel, including emergency responders from the City of El Segundo and Manhattan Beach are actively responding to an isolated fire inside the Chevron El Segundo Refinery,” a Chevron spokesperson said.

Helicopter footage from NBC Los Angeles showed flames coming from two of the stacks and one other area at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.

The fire was later contained, El Segundo police said. Chevron said that all employees and contractors were accounted for, and that “no exceedances have been detected by the facilities fence line monitoring system.”