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Published April 26, 2012, 05:58 PM

Update: Dickinson-area firefighters have blaze next to oil well under control

Firefighters put out a blaze in the middle of a field next to an oil-well site south of Dickinson after about an hour at the scene.

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    Press Photo by April Baumgarten Firefighters work to put out a blaze near an oil well south of Dickinson Thursday.

Firefighters put out a blaze in the middle of a field next to an oil-well site south of Dickinson after about an hour at the scene.

There were no injuries.

Flames reached 10-to 20-feet high and produced thick black balls of smoke.

The wind speed is 32 mph and gusts are up to 44 mph, according to National Weather Service.

The Stark County Sheriff’s Office and Dickinson and Dickinson Rural firefighters responded.

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