3 Burned After Pipeline Cut
POSTED: Thursday, June 26, 2008
UPDATED: 12:43 pm CDT June 26,
2008
VANDERBILT, Texas -- Three workers injured when they cut a pipeline carrying flammable gas in Vanderbilt, Texas, Thursday were taken to Houston for help, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Map: Where Is Vanderbilt, Texas?
Jackson County sheriff's deputies said the crew cut a line containing flammable liquid in an old on Mobile Oil Field Road near Highway 616 at about 9 a.m.Three of Memorial Hermann Hospital's Life Flight helicopters went to the scene to pick up the workers.A 54-year-old man suffered second- and third-degree burns over about half of his body. A 50-year-old man also suffered second-degree burns on his face, hands, back and chest.The extent of the third worker's injuries was not released.The workers are employed by a company based in Midland, Texas, deputies said.Vanderbilt is about 100 miles south-southwest of Houston and 100 miles north-northeast of Corpus Christi.
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Map: Where Is Vanderbilt, Texas?
Jackson County sheriff's deputies said the crew cut a line containing flammable liquid in an old on Mobile Oil Field Road near Highway 616 at about 9 a.m.Three of Memorial Hermann Hospital's Life Flight helicopters went to the scene to pick up the workers.A 54-year-old man suffered second- and third-degree burns over about half of his body. A 50-year-old man also suffered second-degree burns on his face, hands, back and chest.The extent of the third worker's injuries was not released.The workers are employed by a company based in Midland, Texas, deputies said.Vanderbilt is about 100 miles south-southwest of Houston and 100 miles north-northeast of Corpus Christi.
Copyright 2008 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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