Company plugs blown Wyoming oil well leaking gas

San Diego Union-Tribune Friday 27th April, 2012

This image provided by the Glenrock Bird shows an out-of-control oil well spewing natural gas a few miles northeast of Douglas in east-central Wyoming on Wednesday April 25, 2012. A blowout occurred at the well Tuesday afternoon. More than 60 people living nearby evacuated from their homes while crews began work to plug the well with drilling mud and avoid an explosion. Nobody was hurt.(AP Photo/Glenrock Bird) - AP

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