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madamesilverspurs

(15,806 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 11:51 PM Apr 2015

Just another day here in Frackland

The fire at a wastewater injection well site just northeast of the Greeley-Weld County Airport on Friday could mean a total loss at the facility, Greeley Fire Marshal Dale Lyman said.

About 1:15 p.m., a lightning bolt struck a water storage tank at the C4 facility east of the airport, causing a series of explosions and a fire that went on into the evening. After keeping it contained much of the day, firefighters began attack operations to extinguish the blaze about 5:30 p.m. Lyman said they had much of it knocked down about half an hour later. By 6:45 p.m. the fire was out. ...

Rest of story and more pics at link

http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/15948232-113/greeley-firefighters-extinguish-blaze-near-greeley-weld-county-airport




Here in Weld County we have over 20,000 wells. This is just one in a continuing series of incidents.

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Just another day here in Frackland (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Apr 2015 OP
Reading into fracking nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #1
Video madamesilverspurs Apr 2015 #2
When a water tank catches fire, what do you extinguish it with ? eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #3
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
1. Reading into fracking
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 11:56 PM
Apr 2015

just from the generic list of the waste water... this surprises me in the least.

Stay safe

eppur_se_muova

(36,281 posts)
3. When a water tank catches fire, what do you extinguish it with ?
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:58 AM
Apr 2015

It's the kind of conundrum we should go to any lengths to avoid.

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