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WV officials investigating Mingo gas spill

Environmental officials are investigating a liquid natural gas spill that contaminated a creek in Mingo County Thursday evening.

Petroleum Development Corp. owns the gas tank, which leaked the fuel into the Paw Paw's Branch Creek, according to officials. About 15 barrels of the gas were leaked, but not all of it got into the creek.

On Friday, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection investigators determined that the gas contaminated about a half-mile of the creek, according to Kathy Cosco, spokeswoman for the DEP As of Friday afternoon, they have not determined whether there are any drinking water intakes in that portion of the creek.

Paw Paw's Branch Creek feeds into nearby Laurel Lake.