S.W. Penna. Well Pad near WV

MARCELLUS WELL PAD FIRE.

KDKA Channel 2 News, February 11, 2014

Three fire crews are on the scene in southwestern Pennsylvania at a Marcellus well pad fire, burning out of control.

LOCATION: Bald Hill Road near Bobtown, PA.  This is near the Mason-Dixon Line between Mt. Morris (I-79) and Pt. Marion (PA-88).

UPDATE (Associated Press) – One worker has been injured and another is missing after a natural gas well explosion and fire in southwestern Pennsylvania, within miles of the West Virginia border.

Chevron spokesman Trip Oliver says the fire was reported at about 6:45 a.m. at the Lanco 7H well in Dunkard Township, near Bobtown. That’s about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh. Oliver says one person is reported hospitalized and another is currently unaccounted for. Chevron personnel immediately responded to the fire and called in assistance from Wild Well Control.

Ambulance and emergency medical crews have been summoned to the scene, and state police have reportedly set up a half-mile perimeter. Crews at the scene report that intense flames have kept them from getting too close to the well.

See also — UPDATE: “Video of Chevron Fracking Well Fire, More Explosions Feared. It Will be Days Before the Fire is Controlled”

>>> OIL & GAS INDUSTRY VERY DANGEROUS <<<

Over 450,000 workers were employed in the oil and gas extraction and support industries in 2011. From 2003 to 2010, 823 oil and gas extraction workers were killed on the job, which is a fatality rate seven times greater than the rate for all U.S. industries. 

Safety and health hazards and dangerous conditions that can result in fatalities for oil and gas workers include: Vehicle Accidents, Struck-By/ Caught-In/ Caught-Between, Explosions and Fires, Falls, Confined Spaces, Chemical Exposures.