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The city of El Segundo was named for a refinery built by the Standard Oil Company

The explosion and fire that erupted Thursday has some neighbors rattled. Others went on with their lives hours after the flames were contained.

The city of El Segundo could not be more tied to the oil refinery that is a hulking presence in the seaside city.

In 1911, the Standard Oil Co. designated the site as home to its second refinery, and “El Segundo” (Spanish for ‘the second’) was born.

Over the decades, the refinery and the city have coexisted, mostly without drama. Chevron, the oil giant that now owns the refinery, looms over the suburb of 16,000, whose prime location on the beach and close

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