Worker Injured in Longview Explosion Dies
Posted/updated on: April 25, 2011 at 12:48 pm
LONGVIEW (AP/STAFF) – A worker injured at a scrap metal yard in Longview has died after being seriously burned in a tank explosion while he used a cutting torch. Casey Scott Wallace, 36, of Union Grove, died at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. Longview police spokeswoman Kristie Brian says the accident happened Friday morning at Youngblood’s Scrap and Metals. Brian says the accident involved some type of flammable substance in a fuel tank, which exploded. Some nearby residents called police to report what they thought was a possible earthquake.
