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  New Straitsville, OH 117Year Old Mine Fire

  117Year Old Mine Fire Still Burning? To quote from a page about this mining town, quot;In 1884, the coal miner''s union and the mining companies clashed. some miners became so angry that they put timbers in coal cars, soaked them with oil, ignited them, and pushed them into the mine on Plummer Hill.

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  The worlds longest burning fires: China''s unseen story

  #0183;#32;Underground fires cause the earth above them to cave in as the burning coal turns to ash, simultaneously fueling the oxygen supply and causing massive sinkholes that destroy roads and buildings. A fire consuming a coal bed moves up to two meters a month, and can easily spread to neighboring coal deposits, making it difficult to determine the flames source.

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  World''s Oldest Fire Has Been Burning for 5,500 Years

  #0183;#32;But a coal seam 90 feet below the surface been burning for an estimated 5,500 years, making it the longest continuous fire on the planet. Ancient people actually used

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  5 Places That Are Still On Fire | Mental Floss

  #0183;#32;5 Places That Are Still On Fire. BY Miss Cellania. September 24, and parts of the mines have been on fire ever There are other underground coal fires burning today as well, all over the

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  Pictures: Centralia Mine Fire, at 50, Still Burns With Meaning

  Pictures: Centralia Mine Fire, at 50, Still Burns With Meaning The worst mine fire, in Centralia, Pennsylvania, passed its 50year mark last year. As coalpowered development spreads globally...

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  Pennsylvania mine fire still burning after 56 years

  #0183;#32;On May 27, 1962, a dump fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania ignited a blaze in underground coal deposits. Now, 56 years later, it''s still burning and some estimates say it may burn for 250 years.

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  This Mine Fire Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years

  This Mine Fire Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years. Centralia, Pennsylvania was once a bustling mining center, but a hidden, underground fire has turned it into a smoldering ghost town. Author

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  Underground fires at Clara Vale still burning five years

  An underground fire is still burning five years after it was discovered in a disused Gateshead mine and the council warns it could burn for quot;severalquot; years yet.. Firefighters were called to the

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  World''s Oldest Underground Fire Has Been Burning For

  Coal fire in India from January 2011. AP Photo/Kevin Frayer. The American West is also smouldering with underground fires in abandoned coal mines. They melt snow in the winter, set grass fires in

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  The World''s Oldest Underground Fire Has Been Burning

  At Burning Mountain, also known as Mount Wingen, sulfurtinged smoke is the only hint of a massive coal seam burning 70 feet under the ground. Heat and toxic gases from the fire have left it rocky...

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  Colorado coalseam fire just discovered has been burning

  #0183;#32;An underground fire burning along a coal seam in Colorado was discovered earlier this month, and officials said it''s been ablaze for more than a year.

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  Massive Underground Coal Fire Started in 1962 Still Burns

  #0183;#32;A fire started in 1962 to burn trash in a dump inadvertently spread to a coal seam underground and has simply never stopped burning. In a report,

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  Newcastle underground fire still burning a YEAR after it

  #0183;#32;An underground fire is still burning more than a year after it was discovered in a disused 123yearold coal mine eight miles from Newcastle. The fire is smouldering in the former Clara Vale colliery.

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  Pictures: Inside the hellish coal town that''s been on fire

  This is the hellish coal town where 82,000 residents breathe in toxic smoke from underground fires that have raged for 99 years. More than 70 fires have been burning continuously beneath the earth

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  Pennsylvania puts towards extinguishing yearsold

  #0183;#32;Fire deemed threat to air travel in state where abundance of abandoned mines make underground longburning fires common Smoke rises from a an underground coal fire

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  Newcastle underground fire still burning a YEAR after it

  #0183;#32;An underground fire is still burning more than a year after it was discovered in a disused 123yearold coal mine eight miles from Newcastle. The fire