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February 11, 2023 - 1:24pm | By Ty Schonert
(Williston, ND) -- Williston officials say they responded to reports of several oil storage tank explosions late Friday night.
The Williston Fire Department says they received the reports at approximately 10:30 a.m on February 10th of an oil tank explosion north of Alexander along Highway 85. Authorities requested support from a department "water tender with firefighting foam capabilities" at approximately 11:03 p.m. The fire was eventually extinguished two hours later at 1:15 a.m this morning.
Authorities treated a single victim with severe burn injures and transported them via air medical transport to a regional trauma center. An investigation is ongoing at this time.
