Drilling Mud Enters, Destroys Home
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
A home in Valley Grove, West Virginia, was flooded and eventually torn apart by 6,000 gallons of water and drilling mud from a nearby pipeline operation, according to the Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register.
According to Beck Wieczorkwski, a resident of the home, 4 feet of drilling fluid and water poured into her basement around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
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“Before I realized what was happening, I saw the living room ceiling separate from the wall and I could see outside,” she said. “One of the (pipeline) guys told me the house moved off of its foundation and I should get out and stay out.”
MarkWest was drilling near her property at the time of the flood. A MarkWest spokesman said workers were doing a horizontal bore under the road near the woman’s home when the drilling fluid pushed up through the home’s basement floor.
The fluid is believed to have entered the basement through an uncased water well under the house.
» Via: The Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register › Valley Grove Home Destroyed
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