According to the Karnes County Sheriff's Office, one person has been injured in an oil rig explosion in Hobson, Texas.
Officials say that the explosion happened around 4 p.m.
The sheriff's office says that the person that was injured was an out-of-town contract worker who suffered severe burns and was airlifted to SAMMC.
They noted that eight tanks caught on fire at a site off FM 81 and PR 5290.
The identity of the company running the rig and the name of the person injured have not been released.
