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Residents and advocates gathered Saturday to demand the ban of a chemical that’s used at a Torrance oil refinery and that they say has the potential to cause a mass casualty disaster.

Hydrofluoric acid is used in about 40 gasoline refineries across the United States, according to . The defense council states that “exposing as little as 1% of a person’s skin to HF (about the size of one’s hand) can lead to death. When inhaled, HF can fatally damage lungs, disrupt heart rhythms, and cause other serious health effects.”

The Torrance Refinery uses modified hydrofluoric acid, or MHF, which the refinery considers to be a safer alternative to HF, though the claim is disputed by advocates. Steve Goldsmith, president of the which hosted the Saturday event, said that if MHF were to be been released into the air, it would create irreversible health effects within 6.2 miles of the refinery, trickling into other parts of Los Angeles County.

And in 2015, he said, this almost happened.

On Feb. 18, 2015, there was an explosion at the refinery, then operated by ExxonMobil, caused by the rupture of an eroded valve. The incident, which released flammable hydrocarbons, injured four workers and forced .

The Saturday event, held at North High School’s Performing Arts Center in Torrance, marked the 11th anniversary of the explosion.

Goldsmith described the chemical as “murderous.”

“Torrance Refinery had an enormous explosion, and a piece of equipment the size of a bus came within five feet of the hydrofluoric acid, causing a near miss,” Goldsmith said. “We’ve been working to get rid of it.”

Residents like Christopher Truman say replacing MHF with an alternative option is the least that can be done. His parents live near the refinery.

“I’m born and raised in the South Bay, and my family lives in, effectively, what would be the blast radius if another accident happened,” Truman said. “So just in that aspect, I’m very worried about it.”

MHF is also used to clean semiconductor surfaces and produce pesticides and herbicides in the agricultural and pharmaceutical industries, according to the Torrance Refinery.

County Supervisor Janice Hahn said residents should not assume “they will be lucky” if another refinery accident were to occur.

“Only two refineries in California use MHF, Torrance Refinery and the Valero Refinery in Wilmington,” Hahn said. “MHF is simply too dangerous to use. It is a flesh-eating, low-crawling, toxic vapor cloud. Our communities will not be safe until this chemical is gone.”

Goldsmith said a found an ionic-liquid alkylation process as an alternative to MHF. He added that the in El Segundo “would have been different if they had been using MHF.”

“They used another chemical that did not endanger the community,” Goldsmith said. “And that’s the thing about refineries, they have explosions. But that’s why you can’t have [MHF] around things that can blow up.”

U.S. Representative

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-Los Angeles), who represents the city of Torrance, greeted attendees in a prerecorded message, in which she reintroduced her bill, the “Preventing Mass Casualties from Release of Hydrofluoric Acid at Refineries Act,” which targets plants using MHF.

“I originally introduced this bill in December of 2024,” Waters said in the video. “I faced considerable opposition, especially from the United Steel Workers Union, [who were] concerned that if refineries converted to safer technologies, some of the refineries might close, leaving workers without jobs. They agreed with me that hydrofluoric acid is dangerous. But they still would not support my bill. So I decided to go ahead and reintroduce this bill, [without] union support.”

The bill would give refineries five years to find an alternative to the dangerous chemical. Violators may be subject to fines up to $37,000 per infraction.

Some residents stressed the need for transparency from local officials.

Ian Patton, a Long Beach resident, said most parts of the investigation into the 2015 explosion were withheld.

“Why can’t they not make this report public? The [Torrance Refinery Action Alliance] has been asking for it for years,” Patton said. “The next step was to look at litigation under the California Public Records Act. It’s not something that we want to do, but the public deserves to know whether these plants are safe.”

Derrick Callella allegedly used an app to create a fake phone number to text the family, according to a federal complaint.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Torrance man has been charged with allegedly demanding Bitcoin from members of the Guthrie family in the wake of the disappearance of their mother Nancy, according to a federal complaint.

Derrick Callella was arrested Thursday in Hawthorne, according to the Department of Justice.

Nancy, who is the mother of TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been abducted from her Arizona home early Sunday. No suspect or person of interest has been identified in the case, according to authorities.

Arrest of Derrick Callella

According to the complaint, Callella allegedly sent a text message to both the daughter and son-in-law of Nancy on Wednesday that said, "Did you get the Bitcoin were [sic] waiting on our end for the transaction."

The text messages were sent two days after a local Tucson media outlet received a ransom demand that listed a Bitcoin wallet address to receive the payment, according to the complaint.

They were also sent shortly after Nancy's children published a video online asking their mother's kidnappers to contact them, the complaint also noted.

Callella allegedly used an app to create a fake phone number to text the family, and the account was tracked to an email associated with him, according to the complaint.

He allegedly admitted to sending the text messages after being read his Miranda rights, according to the complaint.

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"When he said that he sent text messages he was trying to see if the family would respond," the complaint stated.

Callella is not linked to the Bitcoin ransom demand, according to the complaint, which charges him with transmitting a demand for ransom and intending to abuse, threaten or harass using a telecommunication device.

Neighbors in Callella's neighborhood said they were stunned to learn of the federal charges.

"We haven't seen him as much over the last year, I want to say, but his parents are, you know, everyone keeps to themselves, but very friendly, good neighbors," neighbor Jessica Stark said.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Heith Janke issued a warning on Thursday following Callella's arrest.

"To those imposters who are trying to take advantage and profit from this situation, we will investigate and ensure you are held accountable for your actions," Janke said.

Janke said any action taken on a ransom is ultimately decided by the family.

Guthrie family issues another message to potential kidnappers

Meantime, Nancy's son Camron Guthrie issued another urgent request, pushing for proof of life.

"Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you," he said in a video message posted Thursday on behalf of the family. "We haven't heard anything directly. We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward."

But first, Camron continued, "we have to know that you have our mom."

He closed the brief message saying, "We want to talk to you, and we are waiting for contact."

New timeline revealed

Federal agents also released a timeline of the hours surrounding Nancy's disappearance.

She spent Saturday evening having dinner and playing games at the home of her daughter Annie. Family members brought her home just before 10 p.m.

At 1:48 a.m., her doorbell camera was disconnected. Minutes later, at 2:12 a.m., a Google Nest device detected a possible intruder, but it was not configured to record images.

By 2:28 a.m., Guthrie's pacemaker app had disconnected from the phone she left behind in her home. Investigators also found drops of Guthrie's blood at the front door.

"To anyone that may be involved," Janke said. "Do the right thing. This is an 84-year-old grandma that needs vital medication for her well being."

ABC News contributed to this report.