A Sunday morning storage tank explosion at a Corpus Christi, Texas petroleum facility owned by an Oklahoma based company left seven contractors injured–four critically.
It happened at a facility run by Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners where Mark Calhoun, the operations manager explained the blast occurred when a fire broke out near a crude oil storage tank that was being cleaned and inspected.
“As far as the cause, we don’t really know just yet what happened, what caused the fire,” Calhoun said. “We will absolutely fully cooperate with the investigation … and Magellan will also complete a thorough internal investigation as well.”
The Associated Press reported that no one else was injured and there was no other property damage following the 10 a.m. incident.
“Air monitoring was performed throughout this entire incident of which there was zero readings of concern on any types of gas or chemicals” at the site, said Fire Chief Richie Quintero.
The fire was extinguished and firefighters left the site shortly after 2 p.m.
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