By ETHAN SWOPE and HALLIE GOLDEN, The Associated Press

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters were still pouring water Friday morning onto a fire that broke out the night before at a Chevron oil refinery just outside Los Angeles, sending towering flames into the air that were visible for miles.

Officials in El Segundo, California , urged people to stay indoors. By early Friday, the fire was contained and there was no threat to public safety, the city said in a statement. No evacuations had been ordered.

“There is still an active fire and road closures remain in place,” it said.

Residents near the Chevron El Segundo Refinery described feeling a rumble and then seeing the flames.

“Pretty much the whole sky was orange,” said Sam Daugherty, who told KABC-TV he lives 10 blocks away and

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