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Natural gas flash fire claims second victim

A natural gas compressor fire last week in Tyler County has claimed a second life.

The Tyler County Sheriff’s Dept. says Raymond Miller, 43, of Jeanette, Pa., died Monday evening at the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh.

Marietta, Ohio resident Bruce Phipps, 56, died last Friday from injuries in suffered in last Thursday’s flash fire.

A third worker remains hospitalized.

The compressor station is owned by Eureka Hunter. All three men worked for a contractor.

OSHA is investigating.

 





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