Man dies in ND oil well fire

BISMARCK (AP) — Authorities are awaiting the autopsy results of a New Mexico man who was killed in an oil well fire in western North Dakota.

BISMARCK (AP) — Authorities are awaiting the autopsy results of a New Mexico man who was killed in an oil well fire in western North Dakota.

McKenzie County Sheriff Ron Rankin said that 60-year-old Jesus Castillo of Santa Fe, N.M., died Monday at an oil well site near Mandaree.

The sheriff says Castillo suffered burns while repairing a leak at the well.

No foul play was suspected.

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