Columbiana County, OH Evacuates 450 After Hilcorp Gas Well Accident

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Natural gas well head (sometimes called a Christmas tree)
Roughly 450 people within a one-mile radius of a Hilcorp Energy well pad in Fairfield Township (Columbiana County, OH) were evacuated following a mishap at the pad. Hilcorp says a third-party contractor "struck a well head" on the pad around 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, causing natural gas to leak into the air. What does that mean, that someone struck a well head?

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