Man Burned in Longview Scrap Metal Tank Explosion

LONGVIEW (AP) – A worker at a scrap metal yard in Longview has been seriously burned in a tank explosion while he used a cutting torch. Longview police spokeswoman Kristie Brian says the accident happened Friday morning at Youngblood’s Scrap and Metals. She says the 36 year old worker, whose name was not immediately released, was transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, which has a burn unit. Brian says the accident involved some type of flammable substance in a tank, which exploded. Some nearby residents called police to report what they thought was a possible earthquake.