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February 25th, 2007Olyphant steamed over colliery fire
The fire started in July 2004 when someone set a stolen car on fire and the fire spread to a coal refuse pile then moved underground. The U.S. Office of Surface Mining plans to isolate the 8-acre fire by digging a trench around it and allowing the fire to burn itself out.
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Previously seen on Interference Patterns:
- Mine Subsidence
- Mine fire
- Also Mine fire
See Also: Sinkhole in Guatemala City
