A worker was horrifically buried alive under three feet of piping hot tar after a 50,000-gallon tank ruptured in Texas, according to authorities and reports.

Emergency responders rushed to the massive spill just before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday and discovered that one person was “unaccounted for” at Martin Asphalt, Alma Alanis, the city of South Houston’s emergency management coordinator, said at a press conference.

A worker was buried alive under three feet of piping hot tar after a 50,000-gallon tank ruptured at Martin Asphalt in South Houston. KHOU 11

The worker’s body was later recovered, but the cause of the incident has not yet been determined.…