article: A Colorado wastewater facility went up in flames on Friday after a fracking tanker was hit by lightning, setting off a series of explosions and oil fires. Dale Lyman, a spokesman for the Greeley Fire Department, says firefighters were called to the site northeast of Greeley airport shortly after 1 p.m. They are working with NGL Energy Partners, the company that owns the site, but had to wait for the explosion risk to subside so they could use fire suppression foam to extinguish the fire, Lyman told The Greeley Tribune. Nearby homes were evacuated, however no injuries were reported. The fire began when lightning struck a water storage tank, launching it into the air. It landed 60 feet from the site. The water contained traces of hydrocarbons and petroleum as a result of hydraulic fracturing, which ignited, Fox 31 reported. The tanker  was near an injection well where fracking wastewater is pumped into the ground. Scroll down for video . Boom: A tanker carrying fracking wastewater - which contains traces of gas and petroleum - exploding at a facility in Greeley, Colorado, on Friday, after being struck by lightning in a storm. No one was injured, but the facility has likely been destroyed . Fire melts the cab of a truck as the blaze continues at a waste water storage area on Friday, April 17, 2015 near the Greeley-Weld Airport . Launched: An oil and gas wastewater tank soars through the air after an explosion at the NGL Energy Partners facility Friday . Plume: Smoke rises as a fire spreads at a waste water storage area on Friday near the Greeley-Weld Airport outside of Greeley . The area was linked to earthquakes near Greeley in May and June last year. The site is located near the intersection of Weld County Road 47 and Weld County Road 64, just northeast of the Greeley Airport. The suppression foam that used to extinguish the flames is for fighting liquid fire l and cuts off the fire’s oxygen supply and cools it down, Lyman said. NGL Energy Partners have several similar facilites across the country. The company's vice president, Doug White, said they had the incident under control. 'It was quite a lightning storm that was moving through here,' White told The Greeley Tribune. Explosion: Flames erupted about 1 p.m. at the site located near the intersection of Weld County Road 47 and Weld County Road 64, just northeast of the Greeley Airport in Colorado . Fracking site: The fire was near an injection well where hydraulic fracturing wastewater is pumped into the ground . Burning for hours: Firefighters had no choice but to sit back and wait for some of the fires to subside, because they were ignited by oil . Greeley added: “We’ve had it happen in Texas, several times, actually. 'That’s a part of the business.' While some local reports have suggested the facility was completely destroyed in the fire, White played down such talk. 'We don’t know the amount of damage,' he said. We’re still assessing the situation.' In a statement, company officials also vowed to participate fully in the investigation. Colorado wasn't the only party of the country battered by severe weather this weekend - or the only place a tanker exploded. Karnes County Sheriff Dwayne Villanueva blamed lightning for an explosion Friday at an oil tank in Karnes City, south of San Antonio, sending flames more than 100 feet into the air. Storms featuring high winds, hail and at least one report of a tornado swept through an area stretching from southern Texas to parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and central Nebraska on Saturday, and more were forecast later in the evening. Heavily populated areas with the highest risk of storms are San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Norman, Oklahoma, according to the National Weather Service. Most of North Texas, including Dallas-Fort Worth, was placed under a severe thunderstorm warning  until 1am Sunday. Under threat: The Academy of Country Music’s Party for a Cause festival at Globe Life Park in Arlington was threatened by the severe thunderstorm warning Saturday night. The festival was delayed and revelers told to move inside and take cover . Taking cover: Photos from Twitter show revelers at the Academy of Country Music's 'Party for a Cause' festival covered in ponchos after being told to get inside for a storm expected to hit the open-air theater in Arlington . Everyone, inside: The city of Arlington activated its outdoor warning sirens due to the high winds and the potential for hail Saturday, forcing festival goers at the Academy of Country Music's 'Party for a Cause' to move into hallways inside . The storm threatened the the Academy of Country Music’s Party for a Cause festival at Globe Life Park, Arlington,which was expected to be canceled. Fans were just asked to move indoors and take cover as the start of the festival was delayed. Reports of hail, some of up to quarter-size, were widespread Saturday afternoon along a line from central Nebraska through the plains of western Oklahoma and to the rolling plains of North Texas and Central Texas plateaus. One unconfirmed report of a tornado was received from the public in an unpopulated area of remote Edwards Plateau country, about 110 miles northwest of San Antonio. No damage or injuries were reported. The storms developed a day after at least five firefighters were hurt on Friday when their truck overturned on a rain-slick rural road in Central Texas and hit a tree. Severe weather: Intense rains came down hard and fast in Houston, Texas on Friday night, leading to flash flooding in the area . Underwater: Houston was hit with rainfall rates of 2-3 inches an hour, according to Weather Channel forecaster Michael Palmer . Flash flooding: The heaviest rain hit the south side of Houston, near the suburbs of Pasadena (pictured) Ongoing: The rain was expected to continue throughout the night Friday and into Saturday . They were taken to hospital. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Harpin Myers said an ambulance crew responding to the wreck also was involved in a crash. The crews were responding to an initial accident after a vehicle hydroplaned on the wet road and collided with another. In Houston, some creeks and bayous filled to their banks and drivers in found water reaching nearly to car bumpers. The weather service reported Saturday that rain gauges at Reliant Park, the complex that includes the NFL Houston Texans football stadium, registered 5.32 inches over the previous 24 hours. Other readings topping 4 inches were common in parts of Houston. A storm system will produce a chance of showers and thunderstorms from the Upper Midwest to the Southeast. The northern and central Rockies will have a chance of rain and snow showers. The West Coast should be mainly dry. (Weather Underground via AP) The Harris County Flood Control District recorded 3.6 inches of rain during a 30-minute period in Pasadena, southeast of Houston, and Center Point Energy said as many as 35,000 of its electric customers had been without power. South of Houston in Brazoria County, police reported hail the size of tennis balls in Angleton, and Needville received 4 inches of rain. The roof was torn from a home on Jamaica Beach in Galveston County. In La Porte, as many as 40 homes took in water. In South Texas, funnel clouds were reported near Victoria and Beeville and authorities said a tornado briefly touched down in a rural area of Matagorda County about 100 miles southwest of Houston.
highlights: Tanker carrying fracking wastewater struck by lightning in Greeley, Colorado, about 1pm Friday .
  Fracking water contains traces of gas and petroleum, causing the tanker to explode .
  Other trucks also exploded as a result of fires at the facility, owned by NGL Energy Partners .
  Firefighters had to wait for the fires to subside before entering, because they were ignited by oil .
  There were no injuries, but the facility appears destroyed .
  The site is used to pump fracking wastewater into the ground .
  Storms swept from the Upper Midwest to the Southeast on Friday and Saturday .
  North Texas was placed on a severe thunderstorm warning Saturday night, particularly Fort Worth and Dallas .
  The Academy of Country Music’s Party for a Cause festival at Globe Life Park, Arlington, threatened .
  Houston suffered serious floods Friday night as rivers and bayous overflowed from the rain .
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