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Natural Gas Disaster in Pea Ridge Averted Due to Coordinated Response

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Pea Ridge Police, working with Sheep Dog Impact volunteers established a warming facility for residents at a local school.

Several thousand households and businesses in Pea Ridge in Benton County suddenly lost their natural gas supply last Tuesday in the midst of back-to-back arctic winter storms. Black Hills Energy technicians coordinated a swift response, working with Pea Ridge Police Department, averting a major disaster. A debriefing is scheduled for later this week.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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