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A fire at the Valero Benicia Refinery Monday morning triggered a shelter-in-place order for roughly 90 minutes. At about 9 a.m., black smoke could be seen billowing out of the facility located at ...

BENICIA, Calif. (KRON) — A fire ignited Monday morning at an oil refinery owned by Valero in Benicia. Flames sent large plumes of black smoke into the air. The Benicia Fire Department wrote at 9 ...

A fire at a Bay Area refinery has sent multiple people to the hospital and prompted a public health advisory in the impacted area. Skip to content. NOWCAST KCRA 3 News at 11pm.

BENICIA, Calif. — A fire on Monday at a Bay Area refinery has forced a shelter-in-place order for residents in the area. A fire is currently burning at the Valero Benicia Refinery.

Smoke visible from Benicia refinery fire, prompts shelter-in-place order By Madilynne Medina , News Reporter May 5, 2025 A fire at the Valero refinery in Benicia, Calif., was reported on May 5, 2025.

Updated 4:23 p.m. A blaze that ignited Monday morning at Valero’s Benicia refinery was brought under control after sending large plumes of black smoke into the air for over an hour.. The fire, which ...

Martinez refinery fire Bay Area Air District A public health advisory was issued as the community warning system listed the incident as a level 2 alert. It was then listed as a ...

Refinery personnel managed to close valves and largely shut down the sources of the fire by 9:57 p.m., and firefighters successfully contained the flames by 12:15 a.m., according to the Martinez Re… ...

The Valero Benicia Refinery may cease operations by April 2026, according to a press release from Valero Energy Corporation, which owns the refinery.

Officials with the Bay Area Air District said they began getting complaints about odor coming from Martinez Refinery Company hours before the fire that injured six people started earlier this month.