Efforts to contain a fire outbreak which is now being suspected to be methane gas that emanated from a water drilling site at the Caritas University, Amorji-Nike, Enugu have defied all solutions thrown at it.When SaharaReporters visited the site on Tuesday, the fire was still raging as emergency responders met at the site appeared to have run out of ideas on how to extinguish the fire which had been raging continuously for nearly two weeks.
It was gathered that despite that the school has a Chemical Engineering Department with experts in various chemical fields and management, they were not being carried along by emergency responders and neither was their expert opinion sought.A lecturer with the university, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told SaharaReporters that the fire might have been caused by methane rather than the insinuations that it was natural gas.
The lecturer noted that his assumption was based on the fact that Enugu has coal deposits undergroundA chemical engineer, Henry Nwachukwu, described the fire incident as an environmental hazard, which he described as a complex issue.He said,"From the report I got, some amateur during drilling came in contact with some substance and did not seek the knowledge of a professional.
"The sickness in Nigeria is bureaucracy. If anybody should come up with an idea now, the idea might not see the light of the day because somebody at the top would like to be the one to be the inventor, not the person who is a professional, who has the know-how," he said."So all you need to do is to take away the energy in the methane and the fire can be submerged," he said.
Nigeria government will rather spend billions in lake Chad looking for same hydrocarbon, than develop this one was discovered by accident. Because it’s located in southeast
Can they not pump mixed cement to block the hole that was created, then start plans first site a gas company there ?
This how stupid Sahara Reporters are. So Sahara Reporters doesn’t know that what is happening is as a result of a natural gas deposit underneath the ground in that area of Enugu state. Fools everywhere in Nigeria, in the name of media.
When you cover the fire with a closed cylinder thereby stopping oxygen from entering the combustion area will help in putting it off. They should try it
That's natural gas Burning
When you cover the fire with a closed cylinder thereby stopping oxygen to enter the combustion area will help in putting it off. They should try it
See natural resource dey waste
Nawao! This is natural gas just wasting.
This is it
But where are the fire fighters
Our very own Gate of Hell
It is a leak from underground gas reservoir. Contact Intenco Nig Ltd for containment.
It must be gas
Thats gas
What is the name of the university
Na wa o, wetin Johnbull eye no go see for pit toilet.
It can burn for 100 years. This am underground gas fire. It would take millions of $$ to put it out
Gas.