Thursday, February 24, 2011

Fire at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) Drilling Site Under Control

Confirmation from Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) has come concerning a fire breaking out at its natural gas drilling site in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The fire happened late Wednesday night and continued on for about 3 hours before being extinguished.

Chesapeake said in a statement that the cause of the fire was a flash fire in the gas liquids storage tank. How the fire started is yet to be determined.

The Chesapeake workers received injuries from the fire, according to the company.

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