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Crude oil, natural gas liquids involved in Elk City explosion

The Saturday explosion at Hodges Trucking, a Chesapeake Energy Corporation affiliate, involved crude oil and natural gas liquids an Elk City fire official said.
BY JULIANA KEEPING • Published: August 13, 2012
ELK CITY — An explosion at a trucking company involved crude oil and natural gas liquids a fire official in Elk City said Sunday.

About 100 people were evacuated from their homes Saturday after the explosion that injured two people and sent flames and a plume of black smoke into the air about 9 a.m. at Hodges Trucking, 2491 S Merritt. Firefighters remained on the scene until 7 p.m., about the same time those evacuated were allowed to return home, Elk City Fire Department Capt. Jackie Addington said.

Addington said the...

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