GREELEY – Firefighters have extinguished a diesel fuel fire near an oil and gas site in northeastern Colorado.
The Greeley Tribune reports there were no injuries in the incident Wednesday about 20 miles south of Greeley.
Television video showed a column of smoke rising from the site.
Jolene Schneider of the Platteville-Gilchrest Fire Protection Agency says about 3,000 gallons of fuel burned.
Ron Gusek of Liberty Oilfield Services says the fire was in a truck equipped to pump water. He says the fire department is investigating the cause.
Noble Energy, which operates the site, says Gusek’s company was preparing a well to begin production when the fire broke out. Noble spokeswoman Paula Beasley says no wells were producing oil or gas there at the time of the fire.
