For at least the second night in a row, flaring at the Tesoro Refinery in Martinez, CA has caused an eerie orange glow to flicker through-out the sky. Video taken by Tom Griffith near the refinery entrance across from the Food Bank just off of Arnold Drive at about 9:30 PM on the way home from dinner. Earlier in the day, another MEG member saw a huge dark black plume of smoke coming from a visible flame in the direction of Tesoro. This flame was visible from about one mile south of the 242 exit going north on I-680 at 4 PM. Another friend reported that the flames were visible from the Alhambra Hills area, where he had never seen them before the last couple of days.
WHAT IS GOING ON AT TESORO?