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Firefighters battled massive flames after an explosion at Chevron's El Segundo

Refinery Thursday night. The city says there's no public threat and that no evacuation orders

were issued. According to LA Times reporters, firefighters from El Salvador and surrounding communities

worked through the night to contain the blaze.

By Friday morning, the fire had slowed, but a portion of the plant still burned.

Officials say no one was injured and Chevron called it an isolated incident.

Witnesses described a scene straight out of a disaster movie.

One local resident said he felt the blast shake his windows, almost like an earthquake.

Another thought a plane had crashed nearby.

Around the factory, traffic was temporarily diverted, while authorities monitored air quality

for dangerous chemicals.

The refinery is the largest on the west Coast, and it's had fires before, but

Thursday night's explosion was unusually intense. Now investigators are working to determine the

cause, though it's unclear if operations or California gas prices will be affected in the meantime.

And following a deadly shooting at a Michigan church, thousands have contributed to an online fundraiser for the gunman's family, turning tragedy into an unlikely story of compassion.

On September 28th, Thomas Sanford drove his pickup truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel in Grand Blank near Flint, Michigan.

He opened fire at the congregation and then set the building on fire. Four people were killed and eight others injured and the church was destroyed. Sanford was then shot and killed by police at the scene.

Days later, a Utah resident and lifelong church member, Dave Butler, started a fundraiser

for Sanford's family, recognizing that they too were victims in the attack.

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