California Refinery Fire Blankets Area in Black Smoke

Styrofoam used to make asphalt caught fire Wednesday at the Benicia refinery, spewing black smoke over the Carquinez Strait before firefighters controlled the blaze two hours later, officials said.
June 26, 2003
Styrofoam used to make asphalt caught fire Wednesday at the Benicia refinery, spewing black smoke over the Carquinez Strait before firefighters controlled the blaze two hours later, officials said.
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