FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2015, file photo, a very large smokestack flare burns off flammable product after an explosion in a processing facility at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, Calif. An explosion and fire at this oil refinery near Los Angeles, exactly two years after a blast that crippled the plant and led to higher gasoline prices. Torrance Assistant Fire Chief Steve Treskes says the explosion was reported early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, but three dozen firefighters had the blaze knocked down within a half-hour. No injuries are reported and there were no evacuations. (Chuck Bennett/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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