Fish kill in eastern Ohio might be linked to fire at fracking well

[cali]

The state is investigating a fish kill in an eastern Ohio creek near where a fire occurred at a shale-well fracking site on Saturday.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources learned yesterday of the fish kill in Possum Creek in Monroe County, said Jason Fallon, an agency spokesman. Fallon said he did not have details about the extent of the kill. “I can’t confirm if it’s related to the gas-well fire,” he said.

Phillip Keevert, director of the Monroe County Emergency Management Agency, said Division of Wildlife agents were inspecting the creek yesterday and confirmed that a kill occurred.

The Eisenbarth well pad caught fire on Saturday because of a malfunction in hydraulic tubing, authorities said. Fire spread to about 20 trucks lined up on the well pad, triggering explosions that spewed clouds of black smoke.

The trucks that caught fire are used in hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking. Statoil North America operates eight wells on the pad.

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http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/06/30/fish-kill-in-eastern-ohio-might-be-linked-to-fire-at-fracking-well.html

[theHandpuppet]

1. Just think of all the poisonous crap that's going in to the groundwater

Yet all the laws and protections are there to serve the corporations who are doing this.

[cali]

2. yes. the haliburton loophole protects corporations

extracting this shit.