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. KHOU 11 A tank ruptured and spilled roughly 50,000 gallons of tar — burying an unidentified worker in roughly three feet of the dark, viscous liquid, KHOU reported. The person became trapped in the tar — which sources told Fox26 was roughly 210 degrees Fahrenheit at the time.…