Show Red Wash ash storage tanks fire burns man Oil storage tanks containing approximately gallons of crude oil caught fire Monday night at Red Wash 20 miles southeast of Vernal Injured in inthe inthe inthe the blaze was Denny Ashcroft 25 Roosevelt driver for Dalbo In Inc me who received second degree burns on his arms face and back according to Vernal fire chi chief f Dale THE TILE ALARM was received in inVernal inVernal inVernal Vernal at 9 pm p.m. Two Vernal fire fighting units were at the scene until 3 am a.m. Tuesday A Town of Dinosaur fire truck and anda a powder unit from Halliburton assisted in fighting the fire with foam and powder reported Chief The fire tire started with a 1500 barrel frac tank of crude oil belonging to Dalbo Inc located west of the Chevron Oil Co Coo central battery for the Red Wash oil field Ashcroft was driving a Dalbo tank truck which was also burned The fire spread to two other frac tanks said There were five tanks in the cluster but two were filled with water CHIEF said the fire had to be extinguished with foam and powder and that all the foam and rind powder had h. been used up just as the last tank was barely extinguished Estimated damages were listed at over to the truck and tanks Cause of the fire was listed as unknown Ashcroft was flown to Salt Lake City for medical treatment and was reported as doing satisfactorily Tuesday |