The explosion at the oil refinery comes after the national average of gas jumped from $2.95. a gallon to $3.97 a gallon in just a month.

Valero Energy Corp has shut its 380,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, following an explosion and fire at a diesel hydrotreater

A fire at Valero’s Port Arthur refinery has been brought under control. All personnel are safe, and officials reported no recordable injuries following the incident, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

A large explosion at a Valero oil refinery near the Texas Gulf coast shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced some nearby residents to shelter in place.

There were no injuries related to the blast, and firefighters were working to extinguish the blaze, Mayor Charlotte M. Moses said.