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Officials name victims of disposal site explosion near Enid

Posted at 9:08 PM, Mar 07, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-07 22:08:05-05

ENID, Okla. — Authorities have released the names of a man killed and another wounded in an explosion at a salt water disposal site in northern Oklahoma earlier this week.

The incident happened southwest of Enid on Monday night. The Enid News & Eagle reports the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office family assistance coordinator Eddie Johnson says the deceased is 32-year-old Javier Varraza.

Johnson stated blunt force head trauma was the cause of the accidental death.

The injured man's name is Randall Fite.

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