Dive summary:
- A trailer of a tanker truck and a large, three-sided structure in an oil recycling facility in eastern Montana exploded Saturday.
- Officials decided to let the fire burn out instead of trying to combat it, risking the possibility of more explosions, saying they aren't equipped to handle it.
- Three men were injured by the fire, two of them were sent to a nearby hospital.
From the article:
Schneider said the fire started with a flash explosion as the truck's operator was pumping the trailer's flammable contents into the structure where the three workers were putting in insulation. It's unclear what ignited the fire, though early speculation among fire officials is centering on space heaters.
Schneider said the processing facility was built within the last several years at an old well site. The region in recent years has seen an influx of companies seeking to profit from the pool of oil that lies beneath western North Dakota, northeast Montana and part of Canada. ...
