01-27-2009, 03:31 PM
Trucklover Wrote:that is incredible that a fire could burn that long! how big is this underground mine? How in the heck does a fire burn for 47 years and not run out of fuel?
They were burning trash in a abandoned mine pit, which they used for a landfill, and it struck a vein. there is billions of dollars of anthracite under the town itself...
Tom
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