SFM: Victim s interaction with oil tanks contributed to explosion, fire
Incident remains under investigation
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The Louisiana State Fire Marshal s Office on Thursday provided an update on the investigation into an oil tank explosion and fire aty an inactive oil field site that claimed the life of a Longville teen last weekend.
The multi-agency investigation remains undetermined at this time, but authorities say the victim s presence near the tanks moments before the incident has been identified as a contributing factor in the case.
Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 28, Beauregard Fire District #2 responded to a call for an explosion and fire in the area of Cordial Lane and S Cooley Road in Longville, which is near the Ragley area.
The Office of State Fire Marshall has released a report on the tank explosion at an inactive oil field site that took the life of a Longville teen. This multi-agency
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