SEMINOLE Hydrogen sulfide concerns in West Texas oil well blowout Emergency officials have evacuated a 2-mile radius near a West Texas oil well that blew out and spewed a mixture of dangerous hydrogen sulfide. Gaines County Judge Tom Keyes says nobody was hurt in Tuesday morning’s accident at a rural site about 4 miles east-northeast of Seminole. Keyes says about two dozen homes were evacuated, as a precaution. Keyes says the well is operated by Tabula Rasa (tuh-BEW’-luh RAH’-suh) Energy of Houston. Company officials didn’t immediately return a message. Authorities haven’t said what caused the blowout. Keyes says emergency personnel are monitoring winds...
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