Photos from accident report, courtesy of PA Environment Digest Blog (click for larger version)
A one-in-a-million, freaky-deaky accident happened in Westmoreland County, PA, that caused a conventional natural gas well operated by Kriebel Natural Gas Co. to explode. On March 19, a truck was hauling a trailer down nearby Interstate 76 Eastbound. The wheel/rim set (with brake drum and tires still attached) disconnected from the trailer and went flying. It hit the conventional gas well. The impact broke off the casing annulus wing from the well head and caused escaping natural gas to ignite.
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