UPDATED: MARCH 15 AT 6:48 P.M.
BUTTE, Mont. - At approximately 4:10 p.m., Butte emergency dispatch received a call reporting an explosion at Silver Bow Truck and Auto Center, 3873 Wynne Avenue, according to Sheriff Ed Lester.
Butte Police, Butte Fire Rescue and A-1 Ambulance responded to the scene.Â
It is reported that two men had been working on an oil storage tank when the explosion occurred. Sheriff Lester said one man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The second man was transported to a local hospital, with serious injuries.
 Investigators from Butte Fire, Butte Police and the Butte-Silver Bow Coroners office are at the scene.Â
1 dead, 1 injured in explosion at Butte business
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and last updated 2021-03-16 11:45:56-04
BUTTE â One man is dead and another man was seriously injured in an explosion at a Butte business Monday afternoon.
According to Sheriff Ed Lester, an explosion was reported around 4:10 p.m. on Monday at Silver Bow Truck and Auto Center on Wynne Avenue.
Sheriff Lester said in a media release the two men were working on an oil storage tank when the explosion happened.
One of the men was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. No further information about the extent of the injured man s condition was available.
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