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GAS FIRE
v/o (CONT) HIX LIVE
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on top of the well and will have to be removed. Earthen tanks have been dug to hold water which will be sprayed onto the xot metal. Water lines and shielded water nozzles are in place. Tonite, or early tomorrow, an explosive charge will be set to snuff out the flames and to cut off the well casing just above the ground. If that's successful, bulldozers will shove aside the molten metal and K -a valve will be installed on the stub of the well casing. If the fire can be put out and if the drill stem can be retrieved -- the operating company, American Petroleum Corporation, plans to continue drilling. ####