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Published: Monday, June 21, 2010, 7:12 PM

Residents more than a mile away on Gates Mills Boulevard reported the leak.

Oil from the well seeped into streams and storm water sewers that flow into the Chagrin River." 

By Joe Mizer

The Times-Reporter

Posted Jun 10, 2010 @ 10:50 PM

City officials worried that gas well proposal could contaminate water system

"The placement of an oil and gas well on the First Methodist Church premises would be close to “a lot of residential housing, close to a nursing home, and also it's within what's called the one-year time of travel to our water wells,”

http://www.timesreporter.com/topstories/x1980740572/Drilling-offer-under-fire

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH           Tuesday,  October 21, 2008 3:12 AM

Independent federal agency to conduct probe after fatal blast in Marion County

“An oil-pumping operation in Marion County that was the scene of a fatal explosion Sunday had been inspected nine times since 2002, most recently in June, and received good marks, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said yesterday.”

By Nancy Schaar        The Times-Reporter     Posted Feb 12, 2010 @ 02:29 PM

Jimmy Patrick, production supervisor for Range Resources, owners of the tank, said they suspect it may have been a buildup of static electricity on the 90 barrel tank. The tank was blown about 150 to 200 feet from the original site.