# flaming ice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaming-ice/210161>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaming-ice/210161 "2003-10-29T03:27:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sandy\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sandy\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandy_D)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaming-ice/210161/1 "2003-10-29T03:27:45Z")

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I just wanted to know if anyone has heard of such a thing. I was in the doc office the other day and was reading a discover mag and right when they called my name I saw something about flaming ice.

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**Author:** ![Phage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Phage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phage)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaming-ice/210161/2 "2003-10-29T03:31:21Z")

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There is a form of frozen methane that sometimes breaks loose from the ocean floor, and is capable of burning. Could that be it?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaming-ice/210161/3 "2003-10-29T03:36:06Z")

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[Gas-hydrate](http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2001/02/research2.html).

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**Author:** ![Agback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Agback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agback)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaming-ice/210161/4 "2003-10-29T03:48:11Z")

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Methane clathrate, maybe?