NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three people were injured late Wednesday when a large fire raged at a Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling site in western Pennsylvania, according to local media.

The fire was extinguished at the site, which is operated by Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, reports said.

The company was not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Eileen Moustakis, Edward McAllister and Anna Driver; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)