The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued four notices of violation to the Martinez Refining Company over a flaring event on Sunday afternoon that MRC initially said was just a grass fire.

At 4:26 p.m. on Dec. 17, air district officials received a Contra Costa County Community Warning System (CWS) Level 1 alert filed by MRC regarding a grass fire.

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