Firefighter, 4 others badly hurt in Oklahoma gas line blast

 


TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma firefighter who was among five people injured in an explosion after a natural gas pipeline rupture in Tulsa was in stable condition Friday, a fire department spokesman said.

Capt. Stan May said Capt. Greg Delozier, 54, was burned in the Thursday afternoon blast and was moved overnight from emergency care into a hospital room, where he was being monitored.

"(Doctors) are waiting for the swelling to go down to determine the degree" of the burns, May said. "He appeared to be the closest to the leak when it went off."

Four Oklahoma Natural Gas employees were also in...



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