FIRE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED IN ODESSA.
Odessa (AP) -- Authorities have identified the charred bodies of a mother, her three young children and a workman who were found after a natural gas explosion incinerated two nearby trailer homes and shot flames 600 feet into the air.
Investigators found the five bodies after the blaze was put out Wednesday morning, 12 hours after the accident, said Ector County Sheriff's Deputy Bailey Roberts.
Workmen drilling fence post holes accidently punctured an eight-inch pipeline Tuesday night, sparking the fire, authorities said.
The bodes were identified as MARIA GUITERREZ, 41; her three children, CELESTE, 7, CHRISTIANA, 9, and ELIZABETH, 13; and MANUEL CHAVEZ, age unknown, of Odessa, who had been drilling at the time of the blast.
SANTIAGO GUITERREZ, the 42-year-old husband of MARIA GUITERREZ, was hospitalized in Lubbock in critical condition with second and third degre burns over 90 percent of his body.
GLORIA PENA, 39, was also hospitalized in Lubbock General Hospital and was listed in serious conditon with second and third degree burns.
Her husband, 44 year old ALVARO, and his son, 10 year old GEORGE, were listed in stable condition in Odessa Medical Center Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Sarah Mancha.
Evening Journal Lubbock Texas 1983-03-17
Odessa (AP) -- Authorities have identified the charred bodies of a mother, her three young children and a workman who were found after a natural gas explosion incinerated two nearby trailer homes and shot flames 600 feet into the air.
Investigators found the five bodies after the blaze was put out Wednesday morning, 12 hours after the accident, said Ector County Sheriff's Deputy Bailey Roberts.
Workmen drilling fence post holes accidently punctured an eight-inch pipeline Tuesday night, sparking the fire, authorities said.
The bodes were identified as MARIA GUITERREZ, 41; her three children, CELESTE, 7, CHRISTIANA, 9, and ELIZABETH, 13; and MANUEL CHAVEZ, age unknown, of Odessa, who had been drilling at the time of the blast.
SANTIAGO GUITERREZ, the 42-year-old husband of MARIA GUITERREZ, was hospitalized in Lubbock in critical condition with second and third degre burns over 90 percent of his body.
GLORIA PENA, 39, was also hospitalized in Lubbock General Hospital and was listed in serious conditon with second and third degree burns.
Her husband, 44 year old ALVARO, and his son, 10 year old GEORGE, were listed in stable condition in Odessa Medical Center Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Sarah Mancha.
Evening Journal Lubbock Texas 1983-03-17
FIRE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED IN ODESSA.
Odessa (AP) -- Authorities have identified the charred bodies of a mother, her three young children and a workman who were found after a natural gas explosion incinerated two nearby trailer homes and shot flames 600 feet into the air.
Investigators found the five bodies after the blaze was put out Wednesday morning, 12 hours after the accident, said Ector County Sheriff's Deputy Bailey Roberts.
Workmen drilling fence post holes accidently punctured an eight-inch pipeline Tuesday night, sparking the fire, authorities said.
The bodes were identified as MARIA GUITERREZ, 41; her three children, CELESTE, 7, CHRISTIANA, 9, and ELIZABETH, 13; and MANUEL CHAVEZ, age unknown, of Odessa, who had been drilling at the time of the blast.
SANTIAGO GUITERREZ, the 42-year-old husband of MARIA GUITERREZ, was hospitalized in Lubbock in critical condition with second and third degre burns over 90 percent of his body.
GLORIA PENA, 39, was also hospitalized in Lubbock General Hospital and was listed in serious conditon with second and third degree burns.
Her husband, 44 year old ALVARO, and his son, 10 year old GEORGE, were listed in stable condition in Odessa Medical Center Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Sarah Mancha.
Evening Journal Lubbock Texas 1983-03-17
Odessa (AP) -- Authorities have identified the charred bodies of a mother, her three young children and a workman who were found after a natural gas explosion incinerated two nearby trailer homes and shot flames 600 feet into the air.
Investigators found the five bodies after the blaze was put out Wednesday morning, 12 hours after the accident, said Ector County Sheriff's Deputy Bailey Roberts.
Workmen drilling fence post holes accidently punctured an eight-inch pipeline Tuesday night, sparking the fire, authorities said.
The bodes were identified as MARIA GUITERREZ, 41; her three children, CELESTE, 7, CHRISTIANA, 9, and ELIZABETH, 13; and MANUEL CHAVEZ, age unknown, of Odessa, who had been drilling at the time of the blast.
SANTIAGO GUITERREZ, the 42-year-old husband of MARIA GUITERREZ, was hospitalized in Lubbock in critical condition with second and third degre burns over 90 percent of his body.
GLORIA PENA, 39, was also hospitalized in Lubbock General Hospital and was listed in serious conditon with second and third degree burns.
Her husband, 44 year old ALVARO, and his son, 10 year old GEORGE, were listed in stable condition in Odessa Medical Center Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Sarah Mancha.
Evening Journal Lubbock Texas 1983-03-17
