 A tank fire sparked by a lightning strike that engulfed two 80,000-barrel tanks at the Wynnewood Refinery continued to burn Saturday, sending flames and thick black smoke into the air, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries and no immediate evacuations ordered in this south-central Oklahoma town, said Mike Hancock, a spokesman for Wynnewood Refinery Co. "Tank fires are pretty pesky fires. They're easy to keep contained, but they're hard to fight," Hancock said. "It's hard to estimate how long it will be. It can take a day or so to burn the product." Firefighters continued to douse the area surrounding the tanks to keep the iron from overheating, Hancock said. One tank contained about 50,000 barrels of naphtha, an unrefined form of gasoline, and the second tank contained about 30,000 barrels of diesel fuel, ...
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