Even Airplanes Restricted From Gas Well Fire

A large gas storage well ignited four days before this photo was taken. Location of blaze is southern Potter County. The camera is approximately 20 miles from the source.

Allegedly discovered by an airliner at 38000'. It burns & blooms in a remote section of northcentral Pennsylvania.
Texas crews are attempting to extinguish the fire.

18-SEP-2008

NiteFire 44, Greenlick field

A large gas storage well ignited four days before this photo was taken. Southern Potter County. The camera is approximately 20 miles from the source.

Allegedly discovered by an airliner at 38000'. It burns & blooms in a remote section of northcentral Pennsylvania.
Texas crews are attempting to extinguish the fire.
The glow as from a distant city barely diminishes the starry sky. Jupiter is the brightest sky object here. A portion of the Milky Way is visible.

Nikon NIKON D700
20s f/4.8 at 20.0mm iso1600 full exif

All images copyrighted; Curt Weinhold photo

Police set restrictions at gas well fire

Pilots, sightseers warned to stay away

By JIM RUNKLE - jrunkle@lockhaven.com
Lock Haven Express

TAMARACK -State police are asking citizens to stay away from a gas well fire that's been burning since Sunday in a remote northern region of Clinton County near the Potter County line -and warn anyone caught trespassing on the property will be arrested.

The Federal Aviation Administration is also asking pilots to fly clear of the well, located in one of the largest natural gas storage areas in the United States.

Dominion called Wild Well Control, Inc. of Houston, Texas to handle the problem of extinguishing the blaze. The company has delivered firefighting, well control and related engineering services to the world's oil and gas industry since 1975 and was the first company launched to compete with the famed Red Adair Company.

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