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City Worker Hurt When Gas Line Ignites

Tulsa Fire Department-Twitter

A city worker is injured when a natural gas leak ignites in south Tulsa. It happened around lunch time today near the River Chase Apartments near 77th and South Wheeling.

City crews were relocating a water line when a leaking gas line ignited. The injured city worker was taken to the hospital. Oklahoma Natural Gas has been called to the scene. One unit at the complex has been evacuated.