A river near a fracking site in Queensland, Australia exploded into flames after a coal seam gas (CSP) protester sparked a kitchen lighter above the water surface.
Footage uploaded by Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham shows huge flames erupting from methane gas bubbling to the surface of the Condamine River.
He shared the video on his website and social media accounts to highlight his party’s concerns about fracking and the extraction of coal seam gas. (Scroll down for video)
RT reports: The video shows the New South Wales Greens MP ignite the fire on the Condamine river and then jump up in shock, exclaiming: “Holy f***! Unbelievable – a river on fire!”
Buckingham claims the river, which is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, was made flammable due to leaking methane caused by coal seam gas mining a kilometer away.
“So much gas is bubbling through the river that it held a huge flame for over an hour,” Buckingham told The Brisbane Times.
Buckingham travelled to Chinchilla, in southwest Queensland, earlier this month as part of the Greens’ campaign to ban fracking in Australia.
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