Five Missing after Oklahoma Oil & Gas Blast
Five workers were missing after a fiery explosion on Monday at an oil and gas drilling site in eastern Oklahoma, officials said. The fire had been fed by gas from a well being drilled for Red Mountain Energy by Patterson-UTI Energy Inc, preventing a full search of the scene throughout the day, but was later extinguished, the Pittsburg County Emergency Management Department (PCEMD) said in a statement.
Five Missing in Explosion at US Drilling Site
Five workers were missing on Monday after a gas explosion at an oil and gas drilling site in eastern Oklahoma, authorities said. The blast occurred at around 9 a.m. local time (1500 GMT) near Quinton, Oklahoma, about 146 miles (235 km) from Oklahoma City. Five of 22 workers at the site were still listed as missing, said Kevin Enloe, director of the Pittsburg County Emergency Management Department. No one was transported to local hospitals, he added.
At Least One Injured in OK Oil well Blast
At least one person was injured on Thursday following an explosion at a oil well site in Pittsburg County in eastern Oklahoma, according to a local official. Emergency responders could not immediately provide additional details about the incident. According to a report on a local website, there were several injuries. Reporting by Liz Hampton
