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An 8-day long fire then consumed at least 45 acres of storage tanks and damaged nearby homes and businesses. In addition to a boy killed in his home, one Standard Oil workman died of a heart attack, another 40 were injured, and 1,500 evacuated. [49] On Nov 23, 1957, 2 workers were killed in a Whiting Standard of Indiana refinery fire. [49]
There was an explosion and fire, and the two men in the truck were killed. [66] October 4 – A gasoline pipeline was ruptured by a bulldozer in Hobbs, New Mexico. The gasoline ignited, injuring three people, damaging six homes, and threatening a number of other homes for a time. [67] [68]
The McKee refinery tank explosion and fire on Sunday, July 29, 1956, was an explosion and severe fire-related mass casualty event, killing 19 firefighters. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The fire is considered to have the fourth (the September 11 attacks being first) most casualties of fire fighters in the United States for a single fire event. [ 2 ]
Oklahoma police said an evacuation order for residents near the ONEOK natural gas plant will be extended until at least Sunday evening following a fire on Saturday. The Deer Creek Volunteer Fire ...
A fire Saturday at an Oklahoma facility that handles natural gas prompted mandatory evacuations for a wide swath of homes and businesses near the Medford plant.
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The detonations were heard as far away as Oklahoma City and Tulsa and after the explosion, a large mushroom cloud was visible over the site. [3] The explosion was one of a series of other non-related fireworks accidents that effected other fireworks manufacturers around the same time, including an explosion in Ohio that occurred only 36 days ...
Crews were battling a large fire at a manufacturing business in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Tuesday, local officials said.. Multiple photos of a large, black plume of smoke were circulating online ...