Officials on Tuesday recovered the remains of five gas rig workers who had been missing since a fiery explosion in eastern Oklahoma a day earlier. Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said once the natural gas drilling rig was stabilized following the blast and subsequent fires, employees from the state medical examiner's office went into the wreckage and recovered the bodies in about two hours. 5 missing after massive explosion at Oklahoma oil rig1:36The report, released Tuesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates oil and gas operations in the state, is just an initial assessment, said agency spokesperson Matt Skinner. Most of those occurred in Texas, Oklahoma and North Dakota, all of which have robust industry activity. Most fatal incidents involved workers from servicing companies, but drilling companies accounted for 27 fatalities, the second most of any oil and gas industry group, according to the study.

Source: CBC News January 24, 2018 02:14 UTC