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Marthe48

(21,915 posts) Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:55 PM Aug 25

Oil rig explosion near Frontier High School, Washington County

The students, faculty and building are ok. Six workers injured and transported to hospitals. One source says 5 injured. Multiple fire departments are at the scene. As of 5:30 p.m. today, the well was still burning. I dropped one of the grandkids off at their home, and even though the explosion site is over 10 miles away, I saw black smoke billowing from the area. In the link below, the well is described as an orphan well, and exploded when a contractor was trying to cap it. The well is on The Wayne National Forest land and the Ohio Dept. of Forestry has a team there as well.

https://www.wtap.com/2025/08/25/crews-responding-oil-rig-explosion-route-7/

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Oil rig explosion near Frontier High School, Washington County (Original Post) Marthe48 Aug 25 OP

There are a lot of destruction going on in the US..................... Lovie777 Aug 25 #1

I was thinking of the 6 dead farm workers in Colorado Marthe48 Aug 25 #2

Lovie777

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1. There are a lot of destruction going on in the US.....................

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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:57 PM

Aug 25

Marthe48

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2. I was thinking of the 6 dead farm workers in Colorado

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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:04 PM

Aug 25

as I wrote. Kid Berwyn posted yesterday: https://democraticunderground.com/100220583255

On the way home, I was thinking of the disasters in this part of Ohio over the years. Way too many. I feel like the further you get away from enlightenment, the easier it is to die.

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