Firefighter, 4 others badly hurt in Oklahoma gas line blast

Firefighter, 4 others badly hurt in Oklahoma gas line blast | iNFOnews.ca
Emergency response crews work to shut off a ruptured gas line and extinguish a resulting fire while extracting injured people from the scene in Tulsa, Okla. Officials say the firefighter, a bystander and three Oklahoma Natural Gas employees were hurt. (Harrison Grimwood/Tulsa World via AP)

TULSA, Okla. – An Oklahoma firefighter and four other people have been injured in an explosion and fire after a natural gas line ruptured in Tulsa.

Police say a tractor struck the gas line around 1:30 p.m. Thursday on the city’s west side. A Tulsa Fire Department spokesman says an explosion and fire followed the rupture.

Officials say the firefighter, a bystander and three Oklahoma Natural Gas employees were critically injured and taken to a hospital.

None of the five hurt has been identified and authorities have not described their injuries.

The natural gas line was shut off and the fire extinguished at about 4:30 p.m.

Officials say no homes were threatened in the explosion and fire.

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