Flaring at Richmond Refinery leads to large visible clouds of smoke over Bay

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The Chevron Richmond Refinery is experiencing a flareup Thursday evening.

At 6 p.m., Chevron reported heavy flaming and smoke coming from the Richmond Refinery.

Officials said the refinery was stabilized, and there was no expected offsite impact.

Contra Costa Health Services said in a tweet just before 7 p.m. that crews are headed to the scene to conduct air monitoring. Officials said there has been no hazardous levels reported outside of the refinery.

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