Published October 26, 2012, 02:46 PM
New Mexico man dies in North Dakota oil well fire
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities are awaiting the autopsy results of a New Mexico man who was killed in an oil well fire in western North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities are awaiting the autopsy results of a New Mexico man who was killed in an oil well fire in western North Dakota.
McKenzie County Sheriff Ron Rankin tells the Bismarck Tribune that 60-year-old Jesus Castillo of Santa Fe, N.M., died Monday at an oil well site near Mandaree.
The sheriff says Castillo suffered burns while repairing a leak at the well.
No foul play was suspected.
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