In 1895, lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky as crowds gathered to witness one of America’s most extraordinary fires
- Lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky (Image Credit: West Virginia Explorer)In 1895, a lightning strike turned an already uncontrollable natural gas well in West Virginia into a spectacular column of fire.
- The Big Moses gas well, located along Indian Creek in Tyler County, had become famous after drillers searching for oil instead struck an enormous underground supply of natural gas.
- According to West Virginia Explorer, the well produced gas with such extraordinary pressure that efforts to contain it repeatedly failed.
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- Lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky (Image Credit: West Virginia Explorer)In 1895, a lightning strike turned an already uncontrollable natural gas well in West Virginia into a spectacular column of fire.
- The Big Moses gas well, located along Indian Creek in Tyler County, had become famous after drillers searching for oil instead struck an enormous underground supply of natural gas.
- According to West Virginia Explorer, the well produced gas with such extraordinary pressure that efforts to contain it repeatedly failed.
Sources: Times of India