Last night at 5:49 p.m., the chief of the Antrim, Ohio, volunteer fire department posted the first of four videos on its Facebook page of a raging fire at a well pad just off State Route 22. 

The location is a mere 5.7 miles – a seven-minute drive along SR 22 – from the entrance to Salt Fork State Park. 

Information soon emerged that the fire was caused by an explosion at the Groh well pad (GIS coordinates 40.110854 N, 81.370555 W), owned by Gulfport Appalachia. Drone footage found one tank had completely collapsed with a second tank breached, the fire chief said. 

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