Oil rig explosion near Frontier High School, Washington County

[Marthe48]

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/

[Lovie777]

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

[Marthe48]

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

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.