The flame at the top of a 400-foot stack here at the Flint Hills ... The safety device, known as a flare, is used so infrequently that the refinery now warns neighbors when operators do need ...

Last month updates were made to the Community Warning System (CWS), an important and expanding resource that keeps residents ...

a safety measure used by California refineries to prevent dangerous gases from causing harm to the environment. The flares signal a period of new activity at Kern County’s biggest refinery ...

Contra Costa County health officials warned Saturday that an “incident” at the Martinez Refining Co. could impact people with respiratory sensitivities nearby after an apparent fire broke out at the ...

Atlas said around 1:40 p.m., the fire district got their initial report of black smoke coming from the refinery. That grew to a massive fire that promoted shelter-in-place orders for parts of ...