Adele's Set fire to the rain always reminds me of Edward Teller, worried about the possibility of setting the atmosphere on fire as a consequence of nuclear fission. More specifically, he thought that the energy released by a nuclear explosion might also cause spontaneous nuclear fusion of elements in the atmosphere, and that the heat/energy released would cause even more fusions, thus becoming a self-sustaining reaction that would eventually burn all of the atmosphere and destroy the Earth.

Quoting from here:

Nevertheless, the terrible possibility was on people's minds. Enrico Fermi, one of the most brilliant of the atomic scientists, offered to take bets on whether or not the bomb would ignite the atmosphere, and if so, whether it would merely destroy New Mexico or the entire world. His macabre humor was not appreciated.

At that moment, it was enough of a concern to make a proper evaluation of the possibility of such an event. Turns out it isn't possible (but we didn't need that paper to check it, did we?). Still, quite interesting, for a thought experiment.

(tremenda tusa, para incendiar la lluvia)