Breaking: 1 Dead in Gas Well Explosion
Monday, July 16, 2012
According to The Times Reporter, one person is dead after an explosion at a gas well in Bolivar, Ohio.
The explosion occurred at around 9:34 a.m. this morning. Two people were reportedly painting the well when it exploded.
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The explosion occurred about two miles south of Bolivar in the vicinity of Bolivar Group Home, 10071 State Route 212. That is also near Kingwood Drive NE and Huffman Square NE in Wilkshire Hills subdivision.
The article continues:
Nathan Mutschelknaus of Dover, an employee of the group home owned and operated by Horizons Inc., was an eye-witness to the explosion.
“I was out back, pressure-washing the porch and moving some of the furniture when the ground started to shake. I was looking over at the oil well, wondering what was shaking.
Next thing I know, I heard the loud explosion and felt the shockwave,” Mutschelknaus told The Times-Reporter.
The explosion sent a storage tank cover 100 feet into the air. The cover landed 50-yards away from its original location.
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