When Water Ignites: A Bizarre Shanghai Phenomenon
A strange occurrence in Shanghai, China: accidentally ignited water during local well drilling. Experts weigh in.
It happened in 2015, in Shanghai, China.
A team of workers was drilling an old but active well when suddenly the water caught fire—and stayed ablaze.
The fire ignited when one worker lit a cigarette on site, unaware that he was about to witness one of the area's greatest wonders.
Experts, swiftly brought in to observe this rare phenomenon, believe that the drilling released a natural gas source trapped beneath the well, and only when this gas source is sealed will the fire cease.
Watch this incredible footage, featured on a local TV channel:
