{"id":259141,"date":"2026-04-21T07:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259141\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:10:07","slug":"explosion-hits-oil-rig-in-east-texas-sparking-fire-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259141\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion hits oil rig in East Texas, sparking fire &#8211; VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An explosion struck a major oil rig in Etoile, Texas, sending intense flames into the night sky across East Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cedarnews.net\/newstasks\/video-oil-rig-explosion-lights-up-night-sky-in-east-texas\/917755\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">foreign media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency response teams have been dispatched to the site, where the fire continues to burn.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udca5Oil Rig Explosion Lights Up Night Sky in East Texas<\/p>\n<p>Video shows a major oil rig explosion in Etoile, Texas, with intense flames lighting up the night sky in East Texas.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D6csmlIdYX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/D6csmlIdYX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 News.Az (@news_az) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/news_az\/status\/2046462128064696546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The full extent of the damage, as well as any possible injuries, has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are currently working to contain the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/fire-breaks-out-at-refinery-in-india-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blaze<\/a> and evaluate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains ongoing as officials gather more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/nijat-babayev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Nijat Babayev<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An explosion struck a major oil rig in Etoile, Texas, sending intense flames into the night sky across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[97169,13034,630,97170,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-259141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-etoile","9":"tag-explosion","10":"tag-fire","11":"tag-oil-rig","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-texas-headlines","14":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}