ignitable

When contamination was found in Canob Park, the local fire chief sampled drinking water at one of the service stations and said it was “almost ignitable.”

Investigators determined that the fire at the church and the strip mall were both set with an ignitable liquid, like gasoline, and then a lighter, authorities said.

The agency warns that ignitable levels of methane have been observed in shallow soil surrounding a nearby hotel and the Berkeley Marina.

Some of this contaminated water contains enough chemicals to be considered hazardous waste and potentially ignitable.

In addition, the landfill acknowledged that some of this chemical-laced water produced enough flammable vapor to be ignitable.