One person was killed in an explosion at a privately owned oil pumping station in Cass County near the 19000 block of Bulhand Street.

It happened just before 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 5.

People who live nearby report hearing a big boom, followed by sirens from emergency vehicles a few minutes later.

The man who died has been identified as 71-year-old Charles Lawrence, 71, of Lakefort. A second man, from Osceola, was injured, but survived.

So far, there’s no word about the cause of the blast.