Burning Shrimp LOL
I actually saw a small flame coming out of the pluff mud one day while riding in the boat close to shore at low tide. Then I found this article
Which explains it
The Magnolia development sits just below a section of the Ashley River that?s famous among environmental regulators for a 1992 incident in which shrimp caught in the river spontaneously caught fire.
The shrimp had been contaminated with phosphorous, which blazes when exposed to air.
?The shrimper was driving home over the Cooper River bridge when he noticed smoke coming from his cooler,? said Craig Zeller of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The site where the spontaneously combusting shrimp were caught, now home to the Rhodia chemical plant, was near one of nine former phosphate fertilizer factories where cleanups have either been completed or are under way, he said.
Which explains it
The Magnolia development sits just below a section of the Ashley River that?s famous among environmental regulators for a 1992 incident in which shrimp caught in the river spontaneously caught fire.
The shrimp had been contaminated with phosphorous, which blazes when exposed to air.
?The shrimper was driving home over the Cooper River bridge when he noticed smoke coming from his cooler,? said Craig Zeller of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The site where the spontaneously combusting shrimp were caught, now home to the Rhodia chemical plant, was near one of nine former phosphate fertilizer factories where cleanups have either been completed or are under way, he said.
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