GAS WELL INCIDENT: Incident Resolved, Evacuation Lifted
By Office of Communication
Posted on April 12, 2015, April 12, 2015

The gas well incident at the LABC site on Little Road has been resolved. At 2:45pm Sunday, crews from Boots & Coots, a well control company, and Vantage Energy, the well operator, were able to seal the well, which had been leaking fracking material since Saturday afternoon.

Residents living in an 1/8 mile radius of the well site had been asked to evacuate as a precaution. That evacuation is now lifted and residents are safe to return home.

The Emergency Evacuation Center and the Resident Information Center, which were set up by the Arlington Fire Department and the Red Cross, have been closed.

No gas was released during the incident.

"This was a very serious situation," said Arlington Fire Chief Don Crowson. "To get this incident under control, we worked closely with all city departments, Vantage Energy, AISD, the Red Cross and our faith based organizations. Working together, we resolved this as quickly and safely as possible."

The incident started around 2pm Saturday afternoon when, Vantage Energy operators reported that an issue had materialized with the fracking operation at the LABC site. The issue resulted in flow back of pressurized fracking water.

Evacuation Lifted

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