Madison Morisco and Kaitlin Kinney are stepping up to help their fellow neighbors who were injured in the recent orphan well site explosion in Independence Township, Washington County.

The duo are selling raffle tickets for $5 each to raise money for three Monroe County residents caught in the explosion – Remington Weckbacher, Chazz Bates, and Christopher Pinkerton – to assist with medical expenses.

Six people were injured in the late August explosion, five from Monroe Drilling Operations and an inspector from the Ohio Department of National Resources. The crew was plugging an orphaned well – a well with no owner – in Wayne National Forest. The injured workers were first taken to Memorial Health System and later transported by medical helicopters to other facilities.

“It’s close to home

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