ʻO ka pōʻino "hiki a pono ke pale ʻia" a ʻo ka hoʻouka kaua nui ʻana o firedamp "ʻaʻole ia he hua o kahi hanana fortuitous, kahi mea hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻole ʻia a hiki ʻole ke pale ʻia." Ua koi ʻo ke Keʻena Hoʻopiʻi i kēia Pōʻalua ma ke koi ʻana i ka manaʻo no ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka hui no ka make. o na mines eono mai ka Hui Lahu Vasco Leonesa ma ka la 28 o Okatoba, 2013 a ua hoopau i ka hoohewa ana i kaumaha maluna o ka papa mua o na kiai kūloko a me na limahana a me na kiai o ka hui.
I ka wā o ka hōʻike ʻana i kāna pōkole o kāna mau hopena ma hope o ʻehiku pule o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ua hōʻike ka luna hoʻopiʻi he mau uhaki o nā lula no ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia o ka hana a me ka palekana o ka mining a me ke kuleana o ka mea hana e hōʻoia i ka palekana a me ka palekana. ʻO ka pilikia o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka methane "koke, manawa ʻole a me ka nui", ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻike ʻia a ʻaʻole ia he mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia a aia nā lula a me nā hana e pale aku ai i kona hopena.
No laila, ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻaʻole i ʻae nā luna kiʻekiʻe a me nā ʻenehana i hoʻokele i ka ʻoihana i kēlā manawa i nā hana kūpono a ʻaʻole i hana me ka "hoʻoikaika pono e pale i ka hopena i ʻike ʻia." Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia mai nā hōʻike hōʻike i hōʻike ʻia he mau hōʻailona hōʻailona maopopo, aia ka hopohopo a me ka makaʻu i waena o nā limahana i hana ma ka hale hana poino. "Aia ka hopohopo no ka mea ʻaʻole i pohō loa a aia nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka methane," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia he mau laʻana.
ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, e pili ana i nā kiaʻi palekana papa mua, ʻo Carlos Conejo José Ramón González lāua ʻo Óscar Luis Dopazo, ua hōʻike ʻo "ʻaʻohe mea hōʻike i hōʻole ʻole lākou i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā lākou mau hana e pili ana i ka ulia" a no nā kiaʻi palekana, ʻo Andrés ʻO Rodríguez Cuesta lāua ʻo Alberto Rivero, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia "ʻaʻohe mea hōʻike ua hana lākou i nā hana kūʻē i kā lākou mau hana e pili ana i ka ulia pōpilikia," i hōʻike ai ʻo Ical.
Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia no nā ʻelima, ua koi mua ke Keʻena Hoʻopiʻi i nā hoʻopaʻi o ʻekolu a me ka hapa makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia. E pili ana i ka uku pānaʻi, haʻalele ka mea hoʻopiʻi i nā mea i hoʻokumu mua ʻia e pili ana i nā mea e pili ana i ka hui ʻo Mapfre, nāna i uku i kēlā mau mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma mua o nā mea i noi ʻia.
Ua holomua nā pale e koi lākou, i ka wā i hoʻopaʻi ʻia, e noi i nā kūlana hoʻohaʻahaʻa o ka hoʻopaneʻe kūpono ʻole a me ka uku no ka pōʻino, ma muli o nā ʻaelike kālā i loaʻa. ʻAʻole manaʻo ka luna hoʻopiʻi he kūpono ia.
