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Smoking on top of an oil tank leads

2013 Reader Submission
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Two injured in explosion at Van Zandt Co. (Texas) oil storage facility

Posted: Jan 29, 2013 3:52 AM PST Updated: Jan 29, 2013 5:49 AM PST By Dia Wall - bio | email and Kerri Compton - bio | email

VAN ZANDT COUNTY, TX (KLTV) -

The Van Zandt County Fire Marshal is on the active scene of an explosion at an oil storage facility, along with Tyler, Grand Saline and Lindale Fire Departments.

It happened on State Highway 110 north of Van near County Road 1507 just before 3:00 a.m.

Two 24-year-olds were smoking on top of the storage tanks when one of the tanks exploded. Both people involved in the explosion were taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas.

One of them, a female, is on life support this morning. The other one, a male, has burns to his face, chest and arms.

The names of the victims are not being released pending notification of their families.

The Fire Marshal is working to identify which company owns the storage facility. The victims are reported at this time not to be employees of the oil company responsible for the storage facility.

We have a crew on the scene and will bring you updates as they become available.

Submitted on 01/29/2013

Submitted by: Mike Holmstrom
Reference: http://www.ksla.com/story/20759517/2-injured-in-explosion-at-van-zandt-co-storage-facility

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Shadow said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
As they are both alive as of this report i will accept this as an honorable mention, they were both smoking and not under the influence. i dont think we have too many like this one. So thanks!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
I'm going to have to disagree with Shadow on this one. When I first read this submission I thought it was a duplicate of a story from a few years ago. Below is a submission from 2010 involving a man and a woman who climbed onto an oil tank to smoke and killed one of them. And that one was tossed as too common because it was identical to a story we received a few years before that: http://darwinawards.com/slush/201004/pending20100427-045526.html


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
I have to agree with Bruce on this one.


James said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
I am going to side with the majority, as Bruce did point out an almost identical story from a couple of years back...!


Tracy said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Unfortunately, this is too common - thanks for your submission though


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