Pamene milingo ya methane idutsa malire a kuphulika kwapamwamba kapena kutsika pansi pa malire apansi, kuyaka kumakhala kosavuta chifukwa chosowa methane kapena mpweya. M'kati mwa kuphulika, komabe, chiŵerengero cha methane-to-oxygen ndi choyenera kuyaka, kuyambitsa moto wowopsa.
Ngati pa nthawi ino, mankhwala amachitikira m'dera loletsedwa ndipo amafuna kutentha kwakukulu kumasulidwa, Mipweya yotulukapo imakula mofulumira, kutha ndi kuphulika.