Ironically, Kiowa had a county-wide emergency drill late afternoon Friday. There was supposed to be black smoke billowing from a tanker. Well, black smoke really was billowing Monday afternoon, July 1, from an oilwell west of Kiowa on the south side of the highway a mile or less from US-281.
Barber County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Loreg said the oil well had a “blowout” and spewed oil into the air on a windy day. Loreg said KDHE was called in to investigate. The well is being diked and contained for the next 90 days, Loreg said. He added that a possible cause for the blowout was th...
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