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Investigation continues following El Dorado explosion

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EL DORADO, Ar., (KNOE 8 News) - Representatives from both OSHA and the EPA are in El Dorado today investigating an explosion at an abandoned well there.

In that explosion, three people died. The three were Long Brothers Oil Company workers who were said to be taking apart a metal tank when something set off the blast.

The tank in question had been used to hold crude oil.

The fire which followed the explosion was extinguished quickly in the tank, but by then it had spread to nearby woods where it wasn't put out until some time last night.

The names of those killed are being withheld, pending notification of next of kin.

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