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EDITORIAL

Natural Gas Fire

Brad Hendrix, 29, of Houston, and part of Boots and Coots, oil well firefighters and blowout specialists from Texas, pours water over the base of an oil well that caught fire 45 miles north of Bakersfield near the town of Lost Hills. Methane gas ignited as the well was being dug and continues to burn with flames rising to heights of 150 feet. The conflagration may burn for a week as Boots and Coots begin the process of putting the fire out.