FrightenedOfSpoons t1_jd4lorx wrote on March 21, 2023 at 8:11 PM Reply to 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 I remember going there quite some years ago, you could see the path the fire had taken, where the trees had died and the ground had subsided. Permalink 4
FrightenedOfSpoons t1_jd4lorx wrote
Reply to 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
I remember going there quite some years ago, you could see the path the fire had taken, where the trees had died and the ground had subsided.