An unexplained (so far) incident caused the fire which shut down the plant and led to large-sacel locl evacuations.

  • the Medford plant is an Oklahoma facility that handles natural gas
  • unconfirmed explosion was reported at the plant
  • the plant is around 85 miles south of Wichita, Kansas
  • a spokesperson for the operator of the facility, ONEOK, said no injuries were reported
  • ONEOK described the possible origin of the fire, which raged throughout the afternoon and into the early evening, as an "incident."

The info comes via NBC.

medford gas fire

This follows an incident last month:

Natural gas implodes after Freeport LNG warns that full restart won't come until late-2022