
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 15, 1993                   TAG: 9306150275
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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GALAX MAN BURNED IN TANK EXPLOSION

A Galax man was in critical condition Monday night after an oil tank he and another man were soldering exploded.

William G. Lawson was in Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., with second- and third-degree burns to the face, chest and arms, a Galax police dispatcher said.

Lawson and Leland McMickle were soldering the heating-oil tank around 7 a.m. when it exploded, the dispatcher said. Both were taken to Twin County Community Hospital. McMickle later was released.

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