When good oil wells go bad! This catastrophic oil well fire occurred in Oliver Springs, TN in mid-March 2008. Smoke from the fire could be seen for many miles. An oil well firefighting team from Texas was brought in to try to extinguish it.

A closer view of the Oliver Springs, TN oil well fire. The white substance at the bottom of the flames is water that was being sprayed on the fire. This was the second oil well fire in Morgan County in 2 years. Fires such as this and the resulting spills are an ecological disaster for the area. It was sickening to see the black smoke bellowing from the fire, this certainly won't do our air and water quality any good!