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tbaxattack t1_jd2uq8r wrote

Reply to comment by crispy1978 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone

There's something similar going on in the abandoned town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. In the 60s or something the coal mine underneath the town caught on fire, has been on fire since then and everyone moved out. I'm assuming it's impossible to put the fire out.

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Bostonlbi t1_jd3n603 wrote

There’s some long running fires underground along the Colorado Front Range too. They were cited as a possible source for a wild grassland fire that burnt down almost a thousand homes at the end of 2021.

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malivon t1_jd57kjn wrote

A lot of coal is burning too, in Montana. If there’s coal, there’s a chance it can catch fire.

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drdiemz t1_jd3ylaa wrote

All those fire are started by dumbasses who move here thinking theyre fucking les stroud and make a mess of the place

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P15U92N7K19 t1_jd5a1xr wrote

They used an old pit mine as a dump. Then they set the dump on fire. Fire spread to the coal seam underground.

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