Five Workers Killed at Site of Oklahoma Gas Rig Disaster

Five oilfield workers are dead after a natural gas well exploded and caught fire in eastern Oklahoma Jan. 22, authorities said.

Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris confirmed at a news conference Jan. 23 that authorities recovered five bodies from an area of the drilling rig known as the “dog house,” a room adjacent to the rig floor that is the main work area for staff and where the fire would have been most intense. He previously stated that 17 of the 22 workers on site managed to evacuate.

Morris described a chaotic scene when an ...