The truth about spontaneous soil combustion in Gia Lai

On June 22, information from the People's Committee of Bar Maih commune, Chu Se district said that the natural smoke from the rice field was only due to people burning straw, so the fire was left over.

Recently, many people have flocked to the field area of ​​​​Pham Kleo Ngol village (Bar Maih commune) to see the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion of fire underground. Some curious people, some youtubers came to film clips and commented "the end of the world is coming" causing panic, anxiety for people and causing disorder in the area.

Many Facebook accounts posted information about a fire spontaneously igniting underground, causing public panic (photo cut from clip)

Some accounts also commented: "Why don't people inform the local authorities to invite geological experts to survey, lest the volcano erupt and affect people's lives and the land of Buddha..."

Through investigation, the above field area grows rice once a year, recently people burned grass and straw to prepare the land for the upcoming rainy season. It is possible that the remaining fire burned the remaining straw and stubble on the ground, causing the fire and smoke as rumored on social networks.

The fact that the rice fields naturally smoke is only due to people burning straw, so the remaining fire is not a supernatural phenomenon (photo TH)

According to the leader of the People's Committee of Bar Maih commune, the dry weather, combined with people burning grass to clear the fields, led to the smoldering fire. This phenomenon is not supernatural or mystical as the youtubers rumored to attract views and likes. Currently, the police have invited some people who posted the false clip to work.

It is known that this area has layers and weathering over time, so the soil in the field contains "peat" (this is a type of impurity containing a lot of phosphorus), so it is easy to cause fire.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/thuc-hu-viec-dat-tu-boc-chay-o-gia-lai-post300361.html