Search Resuming For 5 Missing After Oklahoma Explosion
QUINTON, Okla. (AP) — The search is resuming for five people who are unaccounted for after a fiery explosion at an Oklahoma gas drilling rig.
The blast happened Monday morning at a drilling site near Quinton, about 100 miles southeast of Tulsa. The explosion sent plumes of black smoke into the air and left a derrick crumpled on the ground. For much of the day Monday, emergency officials were unable to get near the rig because the fire was still burning.
Emergency management officials said Monday night that the fire was extinguished. Authorities say 16 people who were on the site at the time of the blast escaped without major injuries. One person was airlifted to a hospital, and five others remain missing.
The cause of the blast is not yet known.
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