BUENOS AIRES: A natural gas well exploded in Argentina's Patagonia region, igniting a huge blaze but causing no serious injuries, authorities said on Tuesday.
The explosion occurred late Monday at a well belonging to the Argentine oil company Pluspetrol in Neuquen, a civil defense official said.
The well was about a kilometer (0.6 miles) away from the nearest populated area, but provincial civil defense chief Vanina Merlo said residents were not at risk.
One person was lightly injured, she said. "It wasn't necessary to evacuate the residents and there is no possibility of a toxic cloud affecting the inhabitants of Plottier, about six kilometers from the site," she said.
She said the fire had been brought under control, but gas continued to burn. Neuquen province in Patagonia is one of Argentina's most important oil producing areas.
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