Lighter Might Have Sparked Fire At Oil Well In N.D.

A company spokesman says a cigarette lighter might have caused a fire at an oil well site in the western North Dakota oil patch.

 

 

 

 

Arnegard, N.D. (AP) - A company spokesman says a cigarette lighter might have caused a fire at an oil well site in the western North Dakota oil patch.

The mid-Wednesday explosion at the site near Arnegard in Mckenzie County sent two workers to a Twin Cities burn hospital. Fifty-two-year-old Bruce Ford and 48-year-old Rod Law were working for Mitchell's Oil Field Service as subcontractors for Statoil.

Statoil spokesman Ola Aanestad says that a preliminary investigation found that a cigarette lighter being used near an oil tank ignited vapors. The company and state officials are continuing to investigate.

(KFGO File Photo)

 

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