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You need to cut off oxygen long enough for the rock to cool below the temperature at which the gas will ignite.

• olefoo 12y ago
  Tanks full of liquid nitrogen... Cool and non-combustible. Although; you're talking a multimillion dollar project to get enough liquid nitrogen on-site and an effective distribution system to spary it into an active gas fire.
• ars 12y ago
  Wait for a very rainy day and do it then. Store some extra water in tanks on the sides. Does it rain there much or is it arid?
  • eCa 12y ago
    It's pretty arid [1]. The rainiest month in Ashgabat (the Turkmenistan capital) is February, with 40 mm (less than two inches). [1] https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.252611,58.439389&q=loc:40.252611,58.439389&hl=en&t=m&z=15 https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.252611,58.439389&q=loc:40...
  • kbart 12y ago
    "It is in the middle of the Karakum Desert". Might take a while to get a rainy day there.