Dangerous Industry - do our firefighters, especially our volunteer departments, have enough resources and information it takes to deal with fracking and its infrastructure? Crews Responding to Pipeline Explosion on Mellotts Ridge, Monroe County Monroe County Pipeline Fire Scene Cleared; Investigation Continues Posted: Oct 28, 2014 3:18 AM EDT Updated: Oct 28, 2014 12:30 PM EDT By Rachael DierkesCONNECT Beallsville, OH -- A massive explosion in Monroe County has investigators searching to find out what happened to cause a pipeline to combust early Tuesday morning. The details about who owns the pipeline arent clear after nearly half a dozen fire companies from both Monroe and Belmont counties worked tirelessly to contain blazes that sprung up from an underground pipeline in Beallsville. In the dark of the night, not much could be seen other than a sea of flashing lights. Those lights coming from a number of fire engines as well as the flicker of flames shooting up from the ground. One man who lives on the road said the explosion wasnt something he would have ever expected, I was watching TV and just heard a very loud explosion and seen on my security cameras a bunch of orange in them and looked outside, saw what looked like an atomic bomb went off, said Russell Gatten. The massive explosion happened around 2:30 Tuesday morning as the pipeline erupted shooting flames far into the sky. Residents in the area say those flames rose several hundred feet above the grounds surface. At first I thought it was my brother-in-laws barn, but just got my clothes and took off outside to tell neighbors and everything what was going on, Gatten said. The explosion was said to have so much power that it nearly forced people in the area to the floor in their homes. When I finally realized where the location was, I knew they just now stuck a pipeline through right there, so I figured it had to be that pipeline, said Gatten. Gatten, having a pretty good idea of what was happening called for help, We dialed 911 immediately and called and told them what was going on, then we heard the fire whistles blowing from Beallsville. Not long after, fire companies from all over the area moved in to calm the flames. Fire crews extinguished the flames after a five and a half hour battle, clearing the scene just before 8 oclock in the morning. Stick with 7News and WTRF as we continue to work to get the details as to what caused the explosion. wtrf/story/27055643/crews-responding-to-pipeline-explosion-on-mellotts-ridge-monroe-county
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:23:52 +0000
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