3 workers injured in oil tank fire in northern Colorado

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say three workers were injured in an oil tank fire in northern Colorado.

Roger Rademacher, chief of the Mountain View Fire Battalion, tells The Longmont Times-Call https://goo.gl/1g17JA one worker was seriously injured and the other two suffered moderate injuries Thursday afternoon at the site owned by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Their names have not been released.

Investigators with the Weld County Sheriff’s Office say it’s possible maintenance was being done on the oil tanks when the fire broke out. No other details were released.

The site is about 4 miles north of an Anadarko gas well in Firestone that was linked to a fatal home explosion in April.

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Information from: Daily Times-Call, https://timescall.com/