Politician sets river on fire to protest fracking practice

An Australian politician has set fire to a river to draw attention to methane gas he says is seeping into the water due to fracking, with the dramatic video attracting more than millions of views.

Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham used a kitchen lighter to ignite bubbles of methane in the Condamine River in Queensland, about 220 kilometers west of Brisbane.

The video shows him jumping back in surprise, using an expletive as flames shoot up around the dinghy.