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SOMERVILLE — A College Station man i was oi Petroleum Company depo a
depot on , FM i
in 60, four Som miles
critical but stable i n j ured condition at a Houston east of here at 12:45 said ille
hospital burn unit Wednesday night following an Fireman James Manthei.
early morning explosion at an oil company depot Nicholes, a vacuum truck driver, was loading
near here. his truck with salt water from a large storage tank
James Nicholes, 21, is in Hermann Hospital at the depot when the explosion occurred, Man -
with second - degree burns over 49 percent of his thei said.
body. The cause of the explosion is still undetermined
Kim Allen, a nurse in the unit, said Nicholes but Manthei said firefighters could smell natural
was conscious and alert. "His prognosis is ex- gas at the scene and investigators are trying to find
tremely good." out whether escaping gas contributed to the acci•
The explosion occurred at the Champlin ' dent.