A spare container filled with crude oil caught fire Tuesday afternoon at a Noble Energy oil well outside Windsor.
The Windsor Severance Fire Department extinguished the fire just after 3 p.m., Todd Vess, spokesman for the fire department, said.
Paula Beasley, spokeswoman for Noble Energy, said in a statement that “all personnel are accounted for and there were no injuries.”
Only the containers with the oil were damaged, Vess said.
The department received word of the fire just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Vess said. The small site, located north of Highway 392 on County Road 25, does not have any current producing oil and gas wells, according to Noble Energy.
The fire occurred inside a spare tank, roughly the size of a shipping container, Vess said. Fire officials used a mixture of foam and water to put it out.
There is no word yet on what caused the fire.
Noble Energy has contacted the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and Weld County Office of Emergency Management, the company said.
Vess said he does not believe Windsor Severance Fire Department has responded to this site in the past.
