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Montana Refining Company Fire Sends Worker to the Hospital with Burns

By The Associated Press

Story Created: Feb 5, 2010 at 12:20 PM MST

Story Updated: Feb 5, 2010 at 5:38 PM MST

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Great Falls fire officials say an employee at Montana Refining Co. was injured in a fire.

Oil plant manager Dana Leach says the fire was contained to an area between two propane tanks and was quickly extinguished Thursday night. The injured man, a refinery operator, was being treated for first- and second-degree burns at a Great Falls hospital.

Leach says damage from the fire was minimal.

Fire Marshal Doug Bennyhoff says the cause of the fire is under investigation.

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