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Richmond Residents Wary in Wake of Refinery Fire

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Three weeks after a massive fire at Chevron's oil refinery in Richmond, there are still a lot of open questions. What caused the unit to fail? Why was the emergency alert system so slow to engage? At a public meeting Monday night, some of the most pressing questions -- and accusations -- were leveled at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

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