Sentences with phrase «igniting nearby areas»
His team proposes that a thermal pulse is to blame, an explosion of heat reaching more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it spread from the impact site, igniting nearby areas.
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The gas was ignited decades ago to avoid the spread of the fumes to a nearby village and is still burning, although there are reports that the president of Turkmenistan is seeking to extinguish the pit of fire as part of efforts to develop huge gas reserves in the area (warning: the preceding link is a rough Google translation from Japanese).