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Gas explosion blamed on leak kills three Big Spring fishermen
Gas from a pipeline caused an explosion and fire on an oil lease Sunday near Big Spring Texas. Three men from the area, George Washington Gilbert 69 George Cecil Rackley 20 and Gilbert Neal Jennings 23, died in the blast. Edgar Lee Jennings Jr. 26 suffered critical burns. Two cars were destroyed in the incident.
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