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Walt Canyon New Mexico 2006. This is in
the Southern Guadalupe Mountains. This
is proof of why New Mexico is called the
lightening strike capitol of the US.
Nobody injured.
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They had an internal vessel fire. The fire
actually made its way outside. This
made for one exciting day for the pumper.
- Nobody injured.
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Doesn't take very long to melt an iron derrick. This happened about 1999 in an area
and depth where they had a similar incident a few years previous. The fire burned
for only a few minutes before the driller got it shut in. As soon as he did he went
upstairs to answer the phone and it was me! - LOL (Wade) he later told me that the
ground started rumbling, and he told his hands to run. They did! He said after he got
it shut in he could just barely see them running through the field. It unloaded the hole
& flashed very quickly.
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Pulling unit turned over, Queens Hwy - Indian Hills. I drove up on this @ 2002.
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Later that same year the Sheriff of that county also hit a dark train on the same road.
The did re-paint the road and put up warning signals.
This was the evening tour crew from a close by rig. Although our company
technically was not responsible, we still sought care for these guys. They were
injured badly. One of my guys found one of them living in terrible pain. He loaded the
guy up and took him to the Dr, got some relief for him and then bought him some
groceries. I was very proud of my safety hand.
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