World News | Oil Field Disposal Plant in Eastern Montana Explodes, No Injuries
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Authorities say an explosion at a storage and disposal plant in the oil fields of eastern Montana Wednesday night was felt by people 16 kilometres away but caused no injuries or fatalities.
Sidney (US), Jun 26 (AP) Authorities say an explosion at a storage and disposal plant in the oil fields of eastern Montana Wednesday night was felt by people 16 kilometres away but caused no injuries or fatalities.
The fire continued to burn Thursday while emergency crews waited until it became safer to approach the site, Richland County Emergency Manager Brandon Roth said.
No one was at the saltwater disposal plant about 4.8 kilometres south of Sidney, Montana, when the explosion happened, Roth said. It's located in a rural area near the North Dakota border that's dotted with hundreds of oil and gas wells and storage sites
Several storage tanks burned, according to Roth, who did not know what they contained or what company owns the facility. The cause was under investigation. (AP)
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