It’s because when we first published this story right at the outbreak of the fire, it was just that single sentence and one photo of the smoke — at the time, we did not have confirmation that there was indeed a fire at the refinery, so that was the most accurate summary of what we knew then. Over the course of many hours, we updated the story with more information, including getting confirmation from Chevron spokespeople and eyewitnesses, so that it’s what you see now.

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