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SFM: Victim s interaction with oil tanks contributed to explosion, fire
Incident remains under investigation
and last updated 2021-03-04 18:40:47-05
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.
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LONGVILLE - A teenager killed when an oil well ignited over the weekend may have had something to do with the explosion, according to authorities.
The body of 14-year-old Zalee Day was found near one of two tank batteries filled with crude oil after an explosion at the site Sunday. Officials said one of the tanks was launched hundreds of yards.
Witnesses told investigators they saw Day next to the tanks right before the oil well erupted. The state marshal s office said Thursday that Day s interaction with the tanks may have played a role in the explosion.
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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