P15U92N7K19 t1_jd5a1xr wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:48 PM Reply to comment by tbaxattack 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 They used an old pit mine as a dump. Then they set the dump on fire. Fire spread to the coal seam underground. Permalink Parent 6
P15U92N7K19 t1_jd5a1xr wrote
Reply to comment by tbaxattack 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
They used an old pit mine as a dump. Then they set the dump on fire. Fire spread to the coal seam underground.