TEXAS : 2 Workers Killed in Natural Gas Blasts

A 40-foot fireball throwing off 1,000-degree heat stymied efforts to recover the bodies of two workers who were killed when explosions tore through a natural gas drilling site. Three blasts rocked the rig at Dime Box 65 miles southeast of Austin, sending up the fireball. Its glow could be seen 20 miles away. The names of the victims, both men, were being withheld until all attempts to recover the bodies had been exhausted. No other injuries were reported. The rig is owned by WCS Oil & Gas Inc. of Dallas. The cause of the blast was not known.