Brian Maldonado and Windell Beddingfield Killed in Burleson County Oil Well Explosion at Chesapeake Energy Inc.

Burleson County, Texas (February 2, 2020) – A third worker has died after an oil well exploded in Burleson County, according to the authorities.

The worker, Brian Maldonado, 25, of San Diego, Texas, died on Saturday.

The explosion happened around 3:30 p.m. on January 29, on the Wendl and Daniel H 1 H well at Chesapeake Energy Inc. well site.

Officials said eleven people from Chesapeake, Fort Worth oil field service company Eagle Pressure Control and Alice oil field service company C.C. Forbes were working on upgrading a wellhead at the surface when an expected amount of natural gas entered the well and ignited.

Windell Beddingfield, 38, of Tyler, an employee of Eagle Pressure Control, a Fort Worth oil field services company, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Maldonado was airlifted to the Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas in Austin, where he underwent surgery Thursday afternoon. He 

Two other men were also flown to the hospital for treatment, where one of them succumbed to his injuries on Thursday morning.

The condition of the other victim was not disclosed.

The authorities are investigating the incident.