RALEIGH, Miss. (AFX) - An explosion at an oil field Monday killed three workers and injured a fourth, authorities said.
One of the workers was using a welding torch on a tank, said Lea Stokes, spokeswoman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
'This is the worst feeling in my life,' said Gary Wray, one of the owners of Partridge-Raleigh Inc., which owns the 280-acre oil field. 'I know we'll have to pick up the pieces, but right now all my thoughts are with the families. All this other stuff don't matter.'
The injured worker did not appear to have life-threatening injuries, said Magee General Hospital spokeswoman Althea Crumpton.
The cause of the blast was under investigation.
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