Texas-1 Injured In Oil Tank Explosion In Karnes County

A man was seriously burned and airlifted to a local hospital when an oil tank exploded Wednesday afternoon in Karnes County.

Karnes County Sheriff Dwayne Villanueva said workers called 911 to report a tank fire at about 4 p.m. on a field in the Hobson area near FM 81.

Area fire departments found the man with burns and six tanks ablaze when they arrived, Villanueva said.

The man was transported via Airlife to the Brooke Army Medical Center in unknown condition, deputies said.

Villanueva said the man was a worker from out of town and had been checking the tank when the explosion occurred.

The cause of the explosion was not known Wednesday evening, investigators said.

Source: My San Antonio