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)
It’s not actually Natural Gas, it’s from a Petrol leak from a nearby storage facility… my biggest question is this: WHY ARE THEY LIGHTING MATCHES AND PUTTING IT TO THE TAP if they are so concerned with their house going up in flames???!?
If you can locate the Cosmopolite Herald new paper, Girard PA (Northwestern PA), from 1964 you will find an article featuring myself. I had discovered a source of natural gas and had proceeded to captured it in a inverted partially submerged 55 gallon barrel, later we had it piped 510 feet our home to supply, safety values and all, to two 35,000 BTU space heaters. The gas was from a sealed fault disturbed by the Alaskian Earth quake of same year we managed to keep this arrangment for two years. I would not hesitate to capture you supply in the same way. We had a large place and performed every sort of experiment to learn how simple this was.
She should probably start filling up her car
Free fuel im sure it could be used somehow
i think i saw this on the twilight zone once…
next on news: colorado resident rocketed from toilet bowl due to explosive gas mix.
What i want to know is how the hell they drink anything?
Any one who believes this is a stupid as the one who made it up……..
As gas development moves to New York and Penna, this should serve as a huge red flag re the safety of hydraulic fracturing techniques - this and other
similar disasters involving home water wells (exploding, contaminations, etc.) certainly don’t illustrate the ’safety’ of the hydraulic fracturing techniques/and concerns over the exemption of hydraulic fracturing chemicals in the Federal Energy Bill remain. It is again obvious that a family’s water well is communicating with underground gas extraction and it’s subsequent chemicals and by-products.
This is very common for many wells. There is natural gas that has built up “NATURALLY” (hence the “natural” in natural gas) in the ground and in underground water tables for 1000’s of years, and has been escaping into peoples water wells for as long as we’ve been able to dig deep enough. It causes no harm and is perfectly safe to live in that home. They actually sell a device that will mix and agitate the water, freeing the natural gas bubbles from your water, but this is not necessary for the water to be safe to use. It is also safe for animals to drink. The only precaution that you must be aware of is when using the water in aquarium fish tanks. The natural gas will kill your fish in large enough quantities.