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OT: Chevron Refinery Fire in California `Contained,' Police Say

By Joe Carroll

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- A fire at Chevron Corp.'s Richmond, California, refinery was brought under control about two hours after it erupted, a police dispatcher said.

No one was injured in the blaze, which was reported at 5:22 a.m. local time at the plant, which accounts for 23 percent of San Ramon, California-based Chevron's U.S. refining capacity, said Vanessa Rodrigues, a dispatcher for the Richmond Police Department.

The refinery has a capacity of 225,000 barrels of crude oil a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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