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I was a bit unclear what was meant by the “zombie” part, but I found this in an article elsewhere: > A ‘zombie fire’ is a fire from a previous growing season t
by smcl 6y ago
I was a bit unclear what was meant by the “zombie” part, but I found this in an article elsewhere:
> A ‘zombie fire’ is a fire from a previous growing season that can smoulder under the ground which is made up of carbon-rich peat
- chczdc 6y agoWow that’s insane
- benibela 6y agoSo like the Centralia fire?
- munk-a 6y agoI think the Centralia fire is a great reference - or really any coal seam fire. The interesting thing to me is how this fire is continuing among blisteringly cold surface temperatures - but then again those fires have very little exposure to the surface and earth insulates extremely effectively. It only takes a few feet of earth to effectively dampen surface temperature changes - which is why ice houses were such a commonly used tool.
- dang 6y agoThe submitted title was "Zombie fires in northeastern Yakutia continue to burn at air temperature of -50C". We changed it to what the article says. Submitters: please don't rewrite titles like that—this is in the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. (But if the article title itself changed, obviously that's different.)
- smcl 6y agoI have a feeling the Siberian Times updated the headline. Normally I spot when the HN title differs from the headline of a news article, and i think I’d be especially observant with this unfamiliar "zombie fire" phrase. But I didn't notice anything amiss when I opened this one up originally.