Duke's fire still burning

摘要

After a weekend spent waiting for the fire inside Duke Energy's Moss Bluff No 1 gas storage cavern to bum itself out,frustrated crews will attempt to cap the well pipe that continues to spew flames 200 to 300 feet in the air.Much of Aug 23 was spent arranging pipes to get enough water to the site to both douse the fire and ultimately pressurize the cavern,according Liberty County,Texas,Emergency Management Director Leroy Hanel.The fire at Moss Bluff,about 40 mites from Houston,has been burning since an explosion occurred in the storage cavern Aug 19 for as-yet unexplained reasons,Cavern No,1 has a capacity of 8.7 Bcf and had 6 Bef in storage before the fire.Caverns Hos.2 and 3 have a combined capacity of 7.3 Bef and are shut down while ttie fire bums.