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July 26, 2010

Two Workers in Penn. Die in Natural Gas Explosion
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In Pennsylvania, two workers died on Friday when an oil storage tank at
a natural gas well exploded. A fire at the well site continued to burn
for ten hours. Local officials had to call for a team of firefighting
experts to fly up from Texas to help extinguish the fire. The explosion
occurred just hours after 1,000 Pennsylvania residents packed an
Environmental Protection Agency meeting to express concern about the
safety of natural gas drilling in the region.



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