A new island that emerged off the coast of Pakistan following a devastating earthquake has been releasing flammable gas and killing sea life in the area.
Dead fish have been spotted floating on the surface of the waters surrounding the island and visitors have heard hissing noises from the escaping gas.
The island was created following after a 7.8 magnitude quake struck 145 miles southeast of Dalbandin in Pakistan's quake-prone province of Baluchistan, which borders Iran, on Tuesday.
The earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabed to rise and create a small, mountain-like island about 600 meters off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea.
Bahram Baloch, a local journalist told the BBC how residents could hear sounds of gas escaping. 'Although they couldn't smell gas, they did put a match to the fissures from where it was oozing, and set it on fire,' he said.
'We put the fire out in the end, but it was quite a hassle. Not even the water could kill it, unless one poured buckets over it.'
A day later it goes down to the water again.
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