Four Injured in Wyoming Gas Plant Fire Are from East Texas
Posted/updated on: August 25, 2012 at 4:16 pm
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) – Four workers injured in a flash fire at a Wyoming natural gas processing plant are contractors from East Texas. The men work for AltairStrickland, a mechanical contracting firm based in LaPorte, Texas. President Jeffrey Weber told the Casper Star-Tribune that all four are from the Lufkin area. They were injured Wednesday morning while working at ConocoPhillips’ Lost Cabin gas processing facility in central Wyoming. Cody Clark, Dwayne Bennet, Chris Lowe were listed in critical condition at the Western States Burn Center in Greeley, Colo. on Thursday. Joey Holloway is being treated at Riverton Memorial Hospital but his condition isn’t known. The fire is under investigation. An explosion destroyed part of the plant in 2010. Nearby residents were told to evacuate then but there were no evacuations this time.
