Jessica Flores
San Francisco Chronicle
（MCT）
Apr. 10—A four-alarm blaze that erupted near the Port of Benicia and burned for 24 hours was extinguished at midday Sunday, officials said, and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.
Benicia firefighters responding to a report of fire on Bayshore Drive near the Amport docks found flames engulfing the base of a silo filled with petroleum coke and a conveyor belt that runs up to ship tankers, fire officials said. Black and gray smoke billowed high into the air.
消防官员说，消防员在周日上午9:40举行了膨胀，并将其灭亡。
The Benicia Fire Department was assisted by fire crews and boats from several Bay Area cities and counties, including San Francisco, Oakland, Napa County and as far away as Redwood City.
“The primary concern was the safety of the community,” especially from poor air quality due to particulate matter and potentially toxic chemicals released by the fire, said Benicia Fire Chief Josh Chadwick in a statement on Sunday.
Solano County’s Environment Health Services monitored the air throughout Saturday, city officials said, and did not detect harmful readings.
Benicia city officials also worked with California Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Coast Guard to assess the fire’s environmental impact, and said that 3,000 feet of boom was being deployed Sunday to capture debris in the water.
The U.S. Coast Guard advised boaters to keep a safe distance from the Benicia Port Terminal and “all vessel traffic to slow down while transiting through the channel due to an unknown amount of debris in the water,” a city news release said Sunday.
Firefighters extinguished the fire at the base of the silos on Saturday, but struggled to reach the conveyor belt, which had rubber tracks, and a pier underneath it as flames spread below the conveyor, officials said. The pier was covered by thick asphalt road surface and had large timbers underneath that were coated in creosote, a flammable chemical material, Chadwick said.
周日早上，建筑工作人员使用“一个大型起重机，帮助码头挖掘沥青，”这有助于消防员可以进入沥青，火灾和城市官员下的木材火灾。
该端口用于多种功能，Chadwick表示：油轮将产品卸载到炼油厂，使石油焦炭恢复并将其装入油轮。从海外到达的车辆也卸载在港口。
City officials said they planned to work with the Valero Benicia Refinery and Amports “in the coming days” to help with “evaluating the intergrity of the port, determine operational capacity and make preparations for repairs and reconstruction.”
Representatives with the Valero Benicia Refinery and Amports did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.
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