Nearly three dozen oil storage tanks remained burning Tuesday at a new WPX Energy site in northwestern New Mexico.
The fire broke out late Monday night near the small community of Nageezi where 36 oil storage tanks caught fire, prompting a shutdown of the WPX Energy operation. Evacuations of neighboring homes were made.
About 50 firefighters were called to the scene representing crews from San Juan County, Sandoval County, Farmington, New Mexico as the Navajo Nation.
Investigators were still no sure what caused the late Monday night fire. The site had just become operational in the past week, according to a report in the Farmington Daily Times.
