LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It was reported by local authorities that an empty gasoline tank that had been undergoing repairs exploded, killing three workers.
The tank had previously been cleaned, and the workers had entered it to undergo repairs and install new equipment when the blast occurred just before 2:30 p.m., said Rick Rainey, spokesman for the facility's owner TEPPCO Partners LP.
Officials have declared that the workers were employed by C&C Welding of Elizabethtown, KY. The company declined further comment on the workers.
The explosion had occurred as a series of thunderstorms were rolling through Arkansas, and the National Weather Service had recorded no instances of lightning in the are at the time of the blast.
Jessie Honomichl, who lives down the road from the plant, said she heard the explosion's boom across the surrounding farmland. The 89-year-old said she went to the window to look outside at the overcast skies.
"I thought it was thunder," she said.
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