A nine-plus-hour fire at the Chevron El Segundo Refinery has left motorists anticipating higher prices with the facility closed for cleanup and repairs, while nearby were largely moving on after being rattled in the hours after an explosion sparked the flames, observers said Saturday.

No injuries were reported.

The refinery processes about 300,000 barrels of crude oil a day, including one-fifth of all motor vehicle fuel and 40% of jet fuel in Southern California, Matt McClain, a petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, an app that tracks gas prices nationwide, told reporters.

“This is going to probably have a pretty significant impact at the pump.” McClain said. “It’s all going to depend upon a lot of motorists. If everybody kind of goes toward the pumps all at once, well then you’ve got a little

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