[News Script: Fire from natural gas] Page: 1 of 2
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ALBANY~ TEXAS--STATE POLICE REPORT AN ACUTE FIRE HAZARD HAS BEEN
HEATED BY NATURAL GAS SPEWING OUT OF THE GROUND NEAR ALBANY IN WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS.
AS A RESULTT OFFICERS HAVE HALTED TRAFFIC CV R U-S HIGHWAY 3 AT
A POINT 2 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBAY ON THE ROAD TOWARD NORAN.
THE GAS IS GUSHING TO THE SURFACE IN WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED
AS A BLOWOUT ALONG A CREEK. T .ERE'S SPECULjATION THE GAS NA.Y BE
CONING FROM AN OLD WELL, DR ILLD VEARS AGO AND THEN CAPPED AND FORGOTTu,
EXPERTS ESTIMATE THE GAS HAS BEEN SCA PING AT THE RATE OF THREE
MILLION CUBIC FEET P2R DAY SINCE THE BLOWOUT WAS DISCOVERED D ABOUT DUSK
SUNDAY, 1. .-
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Fire from natural gas], script, August 11, 1970, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1326331/m1/1/?q=%221970-08-11%22: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.