Recently, the West Coast’s largest oil refinery, Marathon Petroleum in Carson, was plagued with a fire. The fire was sparked in a section of the plant that California inspectors recently cited for workplace safety violations. The late-night explosion occurred in a unit where gasoline is produced, known as the No. 2 reformer. No one was reported injured in Tuesday’s fire, but it has caused community outcry about the region’s seven oil refineries and their history of accidents, explosions and releases of toxic pollution.
See "Fire at Marathon Petroleum", Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2020