1 Of 2 PA Gas Well Fires Still Burning, 1 Worker Still Missing

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DUNKARD — A team of specialists could have a blazing gas well extinguished and capped by Friday, days after an explosion rocked a rural part of Greene County on Tuesday, likely killing a worker, state officials said on Wednesday.

One of two burning wellheads at a Chevron Corp. site near the West Virginia line extinguished itself that afternoon, about a day after the blast, while a specialized well control crew planned its attack. Workers could be confronting a fire that an expert said could be as hot as 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit at a blast site where state officials presume one missing man has been killed.

“There were folks who got close to the well pad to see if they could find him, but they could only get so close,” said E. Christopher Abruzzo, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection.

The continuing fire highlighted safety concerns that have lingered in Pennsylvania for years, since the Marcellus shale boom brought a deluge of drillers not seen in the state in more than 100 years.

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http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5582443-74/chevron-officials-site#axzz2tAWg0jjd

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This happened a few years ago 150 yards from the Bulan Post Office (41722 Bulan,Kentucky in Perry County) when a gas & oil well exploded and the worker was roasted alive.To date,nothing was ever done nor was any cleanup ever done.The family of the man killed are still fighting the Gas company on this.Because of the corruption of the courts here,they may have to go to Federal court to get anything done.