Columbiana County Well Explosion Caused by Static Electricity

Columbiana County Well Explosion Caused by Static Electricity by wkbn, March 19, 2013
An oil well explosion on Knox School Road in West Township that was heard and felt for miles was caused by static electricity. Our newspartner, the Lisbon Morning Journal, reported the explosion blew the lid off the tank, landing about 400-500 feet away in the yard of an adjacent residence. Officials are blaming static electricity to be the preliminary cause of the explosion. No one was injured in the explosion. The well, owned by Atlas Energy, sat about 300 feet from two homes. Officials said Atlas will be responsible for the clean-up by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Emergency Management Agency. The well exploded at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the 8000 block of Knox School Road. The cap to an Atlas Energy well blew off, and landed in a yard a few hundred feet away. [Emphasis added]

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Well explodes in eastern Wayne County, Ohio ]

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