Flammable Water Pours from Faucets in Colorado Home
A Colorado family is living in fear that their house could go up in flames at any moment. Amee Ellsworth of Hudson can turn on a faucet in her kitchen or bathroom, light a match and watch as flames shoot out because natural gas from nearby wells have seeped into her groundwater supply.
Officials from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission say the gas is likely leaking from one of the nearby eight wells, but they are not sure which well yet, nor are they even sure which of the two companies—Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Noble Energy Inc.—operating in the area own it
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>>Watch video of the flaming faucets
Natural gas development along Colorado’s eastern plains has picked up significantly in recent years and even though natural gas is often touted as a cleaner alternative to other fossil fuels (even by yours truly), it is not without its own set of dangers.
As GO colleague and New York Times blogger Nick Chambers said in an IM to me just moments ago, “T. Boone Pickens thinks that the US’ natural gas bounty is the work of God, but this devil sink says otherwise.”
I think Nick may have a point.
(via: KDVR-Denver)
Frightening!
Someone needs to show this to Boone Pickens before he has us all drowning in natural gas.
They can probably turn off the water heater for a while. At least they have that going for them.
[...] Timothy B. Hurst writes at Planetsave, A Colorado family is living in fear that their house could go up in flames at any moment. Amee Ellsworth of Fort Lupton can turn on a faucet in her kitchen or bathroom, light a match and watch as flames shoot out because natural gas from nearby wells have seeped into her groundwater supply … continued here [...]
How much do they want for the house?
@jeff
My thoughts exactly.
for epic flamethrower/fire extiguisher combo, use one (1) garden hose of desired length, use with nozzle attachment of choice (some sort of spray device required to increase surface area for sufficient gas volatilization: see photo above, a faucet aerator is in use, allowing more gas to come out of solution than a plain faucet) Once hose/nozzle assembly is sufficient, simply turn on water, add fire. For stubborn fires due to unusually successful flamethrowing, simply cut off water, extinguish nozzle flame, remove nozzle, and douse flames with pouring water. epic.
Photoshopped. Duh.
Phil,
There’s a link to a video in the post…
-Alex
So, let me get this right. . . If there were no natural gas wells in the area then there would be no issue with natural gas getting into the water supply because we all know that natural gas is caused by drilling holes [wells] in the ground for it. Therefore, either Anadarko Petroleum Corp. or Noble Energy Inc. is responsible for creating a natural gas field right in the middle of everyone’s drinking water. Oh! Those horrible rapers of the environment! What ever shall we do?
What’s the problem. An oil water separator, and free heat for the house