MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. — A well expert from Texas arrived here this afternoon to begin capping a methane well fire.

The blaze ignited Monday morning while well drillers were installing a geothermal heating and cooling system.

Escaping methane gas ignited about 11 a.m. yesterday, city fire officials said. The small fire was located in a residential subdivision on the west side of McMinnville.

A well driller from Pikeville, Tenn., was burned on his hands and arms, fire officials said. No one else was hurt, officials said.

See tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press for complete coverage.