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Mansfield Texas Home Buyers Beware

April 29, 2015 By TXsharon

Mansfield Texas Home Buyers Beware

Mansfield Texas home buyers beware! That brick wall near your new home might be hiding something deadly. And your neighborhood lane might be the route for trucks hauling hazardous materials.

Mansfield Homes within 100 feet from gas wells

The Mansfield City Council voted 6-1 on April 27, 2015, to allow new homes within 100 feet from a gas well. Video of the discussion starts at 41:30 here Mansfield, Texas On Demand – Powered by Granicus.com. This vote happened despite warnings of known problems discussed during the council meeting.

Recently a gas well blowout in Arlington caused evacuations of homes within 650 feet of the well. In 2013, a gas well blowout in Denton also caused emergency evacuations of homes. A blowout in Palo Pinto County in December 2005 ignited, blowing a 750-crater in the ground and burning for several days.

Video of Denton blowout

These pictures show a cloud of gasses at two other Mansfield facilities.

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Mansfield

There have been many gas well related problems and emergencies in Mansfield, Texas.

These gasses are deadly. At least ten workers have died recently from exposure to oil and gas air pollution. People living near these facilities report health impacts and those health impacts are well documented.

If you are shopping for a home anywhere in North Texas, and you see a brick wall like this…

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…or a truck like this…

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…then buyer beware and buy at your family’s risk.

Because Mansfield and many other North Texas cities are building homes right up next to gas wells.

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.

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  1. Deena Walker says

    April 29, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    Thank you for spreading this information. Without people like you citizens would never know what dangers their government is allowing all in the name of greed. Many remain unaware. I for one will post this information and hope that others will do the same to inform and hopefully mitigate the devastation caused by fracking.

  2. meamous says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:55 am

    Just one more example why a person should not spend large amounts of money on a home that you expect to use for quality of life living. It’s so easy to get ruined in Texas from O&G activity.

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