Fire in the hole!

Posted at 10:57 AM on October 6, 2009 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)

If the weather is a little chilly for you, gather around 5th Avenue SE and Main St. SE in Minneapolis. Two huge flames will be visible until early Wednesday morning. A spokeswoman for City Council member Diane Hofstede the fire is excess propane being burned off by a company that is removing four large underground tanks.

Officials say there'll be noise involved with the work. Here is the schedule:

Tuesday October 6th burn off the propane in the tanks
Wednesday October 7th excavate the 2 tanks at the east end
Thursday October 8th remove the 2 east tanks and excavate the west two tanks
Friday October 9th remove the last two tanks and backfill the hole

(Photo: Madeleine Ringham)

Comments (1)

now this sounds like the thing to do with my two young kids. Wonder if the fire department will be there - what more would 2 little boys want?

Personally, though, I'm more professionally curious: why is this being burned off, rather than some other process? This sort of thing is generally prohibited with the EPA air pollution standards.

Posted by Elizabeth T | October 6, 2009 3:48 PM

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