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The fire that has been burning for 56 years
- Yaa101 8y agoNo mention of using that burning as an energie source, since it is burning anyway, better make use of it, otherwise it is double bad.
- apacheCamel 8y ago> The Centralia mine fire also extended beneath the town of Byrnesville, a few miles to the south. What an ironic chain of events to happen to a place called Byrnesville.
- iamgopal 8y agoThere is coal mine fire in India burning since more than 100 years.
- bliblah 8y agoIf you want to go down the "perpetually burning fires" rabbit hole I suggest reading up on the "Gates of Hell" in Turkmenistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater
- zck 8y agoCentralia is also the name of a NYC improv group, which I only mention because it evolved out of a group from the 90s called Burn Manhattan.