firedamp in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Firedamp explosions can trigger the much more dangerous coal dust explosions, which can engulf an entire pit.
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The explosion was attributed to what miners refer to as firedamp, a methane gas mixture.
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It is thought that the explosion was caused by firedamp igniting on contact with a candle.
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He reasoned that a lamp in a chimney could create a sufficient updraft that firedamp would not penetrate down the chimney.
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There had been many mining explosions caused by firedamp or methane often ignited by open flames of the lamps then used by miners.
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An initial blast may have caused a chain reaction triggering the firedamp and coal dust explosion that devastated the rest of the pit.
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The second was firedamp, which was encountered in great quantities in sinking the pit.
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Formed by complete combustion of firedamp or occurring naturally.
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Firedamp is all the more hazardous because of the after effects of the explosion.
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The cause was an explosion of firedamp ignited by sparks from a damaged trailing cable.
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