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Flaring on an Ohio well pad in 2016. (Credit: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance)

Pennsylvania environmental officials took 9 days to inspect a gas plant outside Pittsburgh that caught fire on Christmas day

The Department of Environmental Protection first claimed it immediately visited the site but then acknowledged the delay after protests from activists, who called the delay a dereliction of duty.

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Pennsylvania environmental officials took 9 days to inspect a gas plant outside Pittsburgh that caught fire on Christmas day

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