A call came in around 8:35 a.m. in the 12700 block of Santa Paula Ojai Road, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. A 42-barrel tank containing 1,764 gallons of petroleum caught fire.
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Firefighters stayed near the tank to make sure it did not collapse and spread to nearby brush. They knocked it down shortly before 10:30 a.m.
Two workers were injured when the fire first began and were taken to a hospital and later released. It was unclear how they were injured in the blaze.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.