The identity of the 57-year-old man injured Wednesday afternoon in a oil storage tank explosion and fire north of Catharine has been released by authorities.

Paul Dorrance Rozean, rural Hays, is listed in critical but stable condition at a Wichita hospital, according to a mid-morning news release from the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office.

Rozean, an employee of American Tank Service of Hays, was injured while cleaning a crude oil storage tank near the intersection of Emmeram Road and Toulon Avenue.

He was airlifted from the scene to Wichita.

Emergency responders determined that crews were cleaning the inside of the storage tank when a hose from the truck apparently came in contact with a heating element inside the tank, which caused the explosion.

Rozean was standing on top of the tank when the explosion occurred and was engulfed in flames.