Authorities identify 14-year-old killed in Beauregard oil tank explosion
Oil tank explosion By Patrick Deaville and Rania Kaur | March 1, 2021 at 11:20 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 8:59 PM
RAGLEY, La. (KPLC) - Authorities have identified the 14-year-old girl killed in an oil tank explosion in Beauregard Parish Sunday evening.
Zalee Day, of Ragley, died in the explosion that happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday near Cordial Lane and South Cooley Road.
The site, owned by Urban Oil and Gas based out of Plano, TX, was inactive.
An e-mail sent to KPLC by Carolyn Alvey from Aardvark Communications on behalf of Urban Oil and Gas states: