stackyFACTSFire is supposed to give you a visual warning, but hydrogen didn't get the memo. When pure hydrogen gas burns, the flame is almost entirely invisible in daylight and emits very little radiant heat. You can literally walk straight into a roaring hydrogen fire without knowing it until your eyebrows vanish.
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