BUTLER, Pa. (AP) - Rex Energy Corp. says it’s investigating a fire at a storage tank at one of the company’s natural gas wells in rural western Pennsylvania.
Butler Township fire Chief Toby Wehr says it took about an hour to put out the fire using a chemical mixture on Tuesday.
The fire was reported in the township about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the site about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.
The well site is unmanned, and nobody was hurt in the blaze and no residents had to be evacuated.
The tank that burned contained about 200 barrels of an unspecified natural gas byproduct. The well head itself was not on fire or damaged.
A company spokesman says it appears a faulty valve might have contributed to the fire.
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