OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Big flames erupted from a tanker truck on Monday morning in an OnCue parking zone close to N.W. 164th and Portland.
“Each autos had been concerned in hearth after we arrived, so the hearth began fairly rapidly,” stated District Chief Derrick Kiel, with the Oklahoma Metropolis Hearth Division.
Police say the motive force of a now charred car was parked within the fuel station lot, however when an OnCue worker walked out of the shop, the motive force sped towards them.
“As the worker bought up and tried to flee, the motive force of the automobile tried to run him over a second time and in doing so crashed right into a tanker truck,” stated Msgt. Gary Knight, with the Oklahoma Metropolis Police Division.
That is when the tanker caught hearth, and crews say it wasn’t straightforward to extinguish.
“We had many obstacles, we had distance, a constructing shut. We did evacuate the constructing that was close by,” stated Kiel.
Not solely did the motive force hit the tanker truck, however he additionally hit the truck’s driver.
“To make issues worse, the tanker driver when he was struck was doused with gas on the similar time so he might have very simply been both significantly injured or killed,” stated Knight.
Miraculously, each the worker and tanker driver solely had minor accidents.
On the time the truck was hit, police say it was unloading gas into the underground tanks, which might’ve made this case lethal.
“Any time you might have a tanker truck on the market unloading gas and instantly a big hearth breaks out, it is very harmful scenario,” stated Knight.
The motive force who police say is answerable for the crash bought out and ran away.
Ultimately test, police are nonetheless looking for him and a motive.
KFOR spoke with OnCue on Monday, and so they inform us they’re simply glad their staff are protected, and that this did not finish worse.
They’re additionally grateful for the primary responders who labored on the scene for hours.
Hearth crews inform us the constructing shouldn’t be broken.
When you’ve got any details about this incident, name OKCPD CrimeStoppers at (405) 235-7300.
