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Three tanks burn at Glenpool pipeline facility following lightning strike
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Key Points:
- A lightning strike ignited a fire at the Explorer Pipeline tank farm in Glenpool, Oklahoma, early Monday morning, affecting three tanks containing liquid petroleum products; one tank remains actively burning while another is smoldering but extinguished with foam.
- Nearly 50 personnel from multiple local fire departments and specialized industrial teams are responding, using foam and cooling methods, with containment intact and no injuries reported.
- Air monitoring shows no hazardous levels or public danger from smoke, leading to the lifting of shelter-in-place orders for Glenpool and its public schools, though a voluntary evacuation remains in effect for a nearby area.
- U.S. Highway 75 remains open, but authorities advise the public to avoid the immediate vicinity while emergency crews continue their work; previous tank fires in Glenpool have also been linked to lightning strikes.
