Video: Explosion Rocks Philadelphia, Starts Major Fire at Oil Refinery

A major explosion rocked Philadelphia on the morning of June 21, triggering a major fire at an oil refinery in the southern part of the city.

Flames and smoke emerge from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Pa., on June 21, 2019. Matt Rourke/AP

A major explosion rocked Philadelphia on the morning of June 21, triggering a major fire at an oil refinery in the southern part of the city.

The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management was asking people to shelter-in-place if they were near the refinery, due to “smoke and apparatus in the area.”