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DEP Investigating Christmas Day Explosion at Natural Gas Processing Plant

This photo, from the Department of Environmental Protection's report, shows Energy Transfer's Revolution gas processing plant in Smith Township, Washington County, after a fire occurred Dec. 25, 2022.
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This photo, from the Department of Environmental Protection's report, shows Energy Transfer's Revolution gas processing plant in Smith Township, Washington County, after a fire occurred Dec. 25, 2022.

An explosion at a Washington County natural gas plant on Christmas Day is under investigation by state regulators. For StateImpact Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports.

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(Original air-date: 1/12/23)

Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets.