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Two Workers Hurt in Harper Co. Oil Well Explosion

by Angela Smith (BLUFF CITY, Kan.)

Two men are hurt after an oil well explosion in Harper County.

Dispatchers say the call came in around 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

When emergency crews arrived at the well - about four miles south of Bluff City - the fire was already out.

Two workers were taken to a hospital in Anthony. One of the workers was then flown by helicopter to a Wichita hospital.That person is currently in fair condition.

Both workers were said to have non-life-threatening injuries.

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