An oil rig caught on fire in Howard County at around 9:30 a.m. Monday July 23rd.

The Howard County Volunteer Fire Department told us that the fire was put out at around 12:30 p.m.

The Howard County VFD and emergency personnel from Martin County and Dawson County responded to the fire.

The fire was at a Patterson rig, number 289, near the intersection of West County Road 52 and County Road 50.

Patterson has confirmed there were no injuries.