AVELLA, Pa. – Three contract workers were injured, one critically, in a fiery explosion that erupted during well testing at a natural gas-drilling site in western Pennsylvania, authorities said.
The three men were not involved with the testing but were removing water caused by melted snow at the Chesapeake Appalachia site near Avella, about 25 miles west of Pittsburgh, the company said.
The flash fire erupted at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday and involved five 500-barrel storage tanks before it was extinguished at 9:30 p.m., the company said in a release. No major environmental damage was immediately reported.
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