article_snippet.sent: A company has released matches that continue to burn even when submerged in water or buried underground in dirt.
article_snippet.sent: He said: 'The match sticks are dipped into our coating, which keeps smouldering even underwater, then reignites once exposed to oxygen. '
article_snippet.sent: Essentially, you aren't burning the match stick, but burning the coating on the match stick. '
article_snippet.sent: our have drenched The match sticks in buckets, buried The match sticks in mud, and blown The match sticks with a compressed air hose. '
article_snippet.sent: The makers explained that essentially, the match stick isn't burning, the match stick is the coating on the stick that is alight: 'We have drenched essentially, the match stick isn't burning in buckets, buried essentially, the match stick isn't burning in mud, and blown essentially, the match stick isn't burning with a compressed air hose' Here the match is shown being dipped into water (left), and when the match is take out (right) the match is still able to burn .
article_snippet.sent: Standard matches have little resistance to elements.
highlights_snippet.sent: Washington company unveils matches that burn in testing conditions .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Rigorous tests have drenched the matches in buckets, buried the matches in buckets in mud, and blown the matches in buckets with a compressed air hose .