Official: Explosion Injures 2 At ND Oil Well Site

Authorities say two people have been injured in an explosion at an oil well site northwest North Dakota.

 

 

 

 

 Williston, N.D. (AP)  Authorities say two people have been injured in an explosion at an oil well site northwest North Dakota.
 
The explosion was reported early Friday afternoon.
 
Grenora Public Works Director Nathan Andorff says that local firefighters responded to a tank battery explosion at a well site northwest of Blacktail Dam.
 
Andorff says two men were working on a tank battery at the well site when the explosion occurred. He says one man suffered a broken leg, while the other was burned.

Andorff says both men were taken to a hospital in Williston, but information about their conditions wasn't immediately available.

 

Associated Press

   

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