EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (KABC) -- Just days after the massive Chevron refinery fire in El Segundo , a lawsuit was filed by four contract workers who say the fire left them with serious injuries.

According to the lawsuit, the four workers were forced to run for their lives when part of the refinery exploded in flames.

Their attorneys say Chevron failed to follow basic safety procedures, calling the fiery incident a preventable disaster.

As flames erupted from the Chevron refinery in El Segundo on Thursday, Oct. 2, four contract workers say they were frantically trying to escape the inferno.

The men -- who were just 50 feet from the source of the intense blaze -- are now suing Chevron for serious injuries.

"These contractors should be able to go into a plant, they leave their families, th

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