Residents were told to stay indoors after a fire broke out at a major oil refinery in California. Photo: AP PHOTO

A fire has broken out at a Chevron oil refinery just outside Los Angeles, sending towering flames into the night air that were visible for kilometres.

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Officials in El Segundo, California, urged people to stay indoors on Thursday night, although they said there was no immediate threat to public safety and no evacuations had been ordered.

There were no injuries at the Chevron El Segundo Refinery and all personnel were accounted for, the company said in a statement, adding

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