The weirdest fire you will ever see ... Probably

When Worland Volunteer firefighters were called to a blaze at Smet Recycling in Wyoming they were met with probably the weirdest fire I think I've ever seen , an eerily beautiful surfer mound fire.

Burning sulfur creates sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas that has a very strong, choking odor. The fire was burning in a “bowl” shaped area, allowing all runoff to be collected in the fire area.
A minimal amount of water was used to cool the surface of the sulfur and reduce the temperature below the molten stage. Adding water to an SO2 gas creates sulfurous acid, (not to be confused with sulfuric acid) which can be related to “acid rain”. Apparatus and personnel placement as well as careful monitoring of the weather conditions in relation to smoke and chemical plume is very important.

The deposits in rural Washakie County are leftover from the Texas Gulf Sulfur Plant that operated north of Worland in the 1950’s. Much of the sulfur is mixed heavily with soil and is not 100% sulfur concentrate. This is a type of fire that is not common but needs to be addressed and dealt with safely and quickly.

How cool is that ?

a reply to: gortex

I hope Smet Recycling has an endorsement for Pollution cleanup, otherwise they could be liable for some hefty damages.

I've never seen a fire like this - super cool video. Thanks for sharing!

It almost looks like super-heated plasma.

Very cool video.

It looks like running water.. weird.. but cool..

I bet it would hurt more then normal fire also.
Kinda scary I hate fire worse way to go I reckon.

a reply to: gortex

Really cool. I imagine the pits of hell may look something like that.

a reply to: gortex

I don't think it looks too weird. It just looks like a dense liquid being burned with a strong wind blowing on it.

Someone posted a thread a time back about sulfur minning in Indonesia.

Couldn't find the thread, but here is an article.

proof.nationalgeographic.com...

originally posted by: testingtesting
Kinda scary I hate fire worse way to go I reckon.

Death by spider clowns would be far worse.

Really neat fire. Must have been cute little demons

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: testingtesting
Kinda scary I hate fire worse way to go I reckon.

Death by spider clowns would be far worse.

Yep I choose fire.

a reply to: notsure1

See, I know what the hell I'm talking about.

LOL!!! When the fire department says "Wait, let it burn for a minute, I gotta post this on youtube."

Cool video!!!

a reply to: notsure1

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! Omfg
Yep.. he DOES know what he's talking about-lol

Wow the fire is beautiful.. toxic..but beautiful

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Drowning in peanut butter (chunky) would be pretty bad also .

Ta reply to: gortex

That looks pretty sick! Did that occur at a mine?

Cool video! Here is a fire that caught my attention a little more than a year ago due to the bust of Nikola Tesla in front of the cathedral, and just the eerie combination of holy place and hell-fire:



Images of Aftermath

3 Orthodox Churches all caught fire on or near Orthodox Easter

originally posted by: TobyFlenderson
a reply to: gortex

Really cool. I imagine the pits of hell may look something like that.

Lol I shared it saying almost the same thing..

Someone didn't shut the gates of hell behind them..

originally posted by: seattlerat
Cool video! Here is a fire that caught my attention a little more than a year ago due to the bust of Nikola Tesla in front of the cathedral, and just the eerie combination of holy place and hell-fire:

Images of Aftermath

3 Orthodox Churches all caught fire on or near Orthodox Easter

Oh crap, that's one angry church right there..

A holy church fire cannon. Yikes.

originally posted by: testingtesting
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Drowning in peanut butter (chunky) would be pretty bad also

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Having Jesse Ventura rip your puny arms out while getting attacked by swans might be up there as well.