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Bookmark or Share- Inside Centralia, The Abandoned Town That's Been On Fire For 60 YearsSince May 1962, a coal fire has continuedly burned underneath Centralia, PA, and forced residents to flee this once-prosperous mining town. When the fire began, residents began complaining of foul odors entering their homes, and soon, wisps of smoke were seen coming out of the ground.
- Coal-seam fire - WikipediaA coal-seam fire is a burning of an outcrop or underground coal seam. Most coal-seam fires exhibit smouldering combustion, particularly underground coal-seam fires, because of limited atmospheric oxygen availability. Coal-seam fire instances on Earth date back several million years.
- Pictures: Centralia Mine Fire, at 50, Still Burns With MeaningJanuary 10, 2013. The worst U.S. mine fire, in Centralia, Pennsylvania, passed its 50-year mark last year. As coal-powered development spreads globally, so does the risk of underground fire.
- The World's Oldest Underground Fire Has Been Burning For ... - GizmodoA coal seam some 700 miles south of Australia's Burning Mountain caught fire a month ago, spewing poisonous gases and prompting intense firefighting efforts. Once an subterranean coal seam fire...
- Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal firesPublished 8:20 AM PDT, January 30, 2022. DENVER (AP) — A fire raging in an underground Colorado coal field in 1883 sent so much smoke pouring from cracks in the ground that the scene was likened to burning volcanoes and the state’s first mining inspector deemed the blaze “impossible to extinguish.”.
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