MIDLAND
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Firefighters from throughout the area, the Sheriff’s Office and the parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness responded after lightning struck a tank battery holding oil Wednesday morning at the Vernon Oil location along Old Spanish Trail between Midland and Mermentau in Acadia Parish. By 10:30 a.m. the fire had been extinguished, but crews remained on the scene in the event of a flare-up. No injuries were reported.