Show Oil Tanker Burns Injures Two Workers An oil tanker truck was destroyed Tuesday night of last week and its driver driver er burned in an explosion started by static stat stat- static ic electricity at the Neola Oil Fields HIGHWAY PATROLMAN said the truck was loading crude oil at a well called Powell Number 4 when a spark set it afire The driver Marvin Waldon 29 Salt Lake City tried to drive the truck away from the well but when the blaze reached the cabin he jumped out Waldon was treated at Duchesne County County County Coun Coun- ty Hospital Roosevelt for second and third degree burns and released Another oil worker who helped with the fire was also injured slightly THE TRUCK and trailer were wreck wreck- ed Several nearby oil storage tanks burned until 1 pm p.m. the blaze being visible for 10 miles Highway Patrolman Spencer Redmond said it was necessary to set up roadblocks to keep the curious away from the fire |