1 suffers minor injury in industrial accident in Oklahoma

The Associated Press - October 1, 2017 10:59 am

1 suffers minor injury in industrial accident in Oklahoma
EL RENO, Okla. (AP) – Officials in El Reno say one person sustained minor injuries in a small flash fire at an industrial site west of Oklahoma City.
Deputy Chief Jonathan Strahorn of the El Reno Fire Department says the incident occurred at 8:05 a.m. Saturday at the Stevens Tanker Division, a trucking company that works in the oil and natural gas industry located about 28 miles (45 kilometers) west of Oklahoma City.
Strahorn says one person sustained a minor injury in a flash fire and that the fire was extinguished when firefighters arrived at the facility. Strahorn declined to identify the injured person.
No damage to the tanker facility was reported. Strahorn says the cause of the flash fire is under investigation.

 

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