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Refinery worker dies in tank fire

A refinery worker was found dead Sunday after a fire broke out Saturday morning at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in St. Paul Park, according to the Pioneer Press.

After co-workers realized Nicholas Gunter, 29, was missing a 115-acre search involving up to 70 people and a police helicopter began.

Gunter was found in a blending tank at 1:40 p.m. on Sunday.

The cause of his death and the cause of the fire are being investigated, according to the Star Tribune.

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