Monday, May 21, 2007

Methane contaminated ground in Colorado to be cleaned two years after home explodes

May 20, 2007 - DENVER - Cleanup efforts will begin next month on a methane-contaminated patch of ground near Bondad, where a home exploded two years ago.

An investigation blamed an old gas well known as the Bryce 1-X, which was drilled and abandoned before World War II. Methane had been leaking into the soil ever since, and in February 2005, it accumulated under the home of Charles Yoakum, causing an explosion that destroyed his house. Yoakum was injured but survived.

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