At first, you may think it is just another common town, but beneath the land lies the real truth that has been burning for almost six decades, as per Mining.com.   Back in 1962, Centralia was just ...

A coal mine where an underground fire last week prompted reported mine worker evacuations had a long history of safety and health violations leading up to the blaze. More than 1,100 federal safety ...

The state Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety is taking immediate action to try to reduce the danger of an underground ...

Crews have begun a long-awaited project to extinguish a coal ... "Since the Marshall coal mine fire is a relatively shallow mine fire, there is a risk that subsurface changes could result in ...

A fire in a colliery is by no means an uncommon occurrence in this or any other coal region; but in most cases the flames are soon drowned out, the water removed, and mining continued as before.

The Marshall coal fire is one of 38 listed in the mining division’s 2018 report ... “It can sit there and smolder at low temperatures for a very long time with very little oxygen.” ...

A methane explosion on Saturday caused the fire at the Grosvenor underground mine, which accounts for about 30% of the company’s annual production of coking coal in Queensland state, Anglo said ...

A fire burning at a Queensland coal mine has triggered fears of an explosion ... so it didn't take long for everyone to know there was an emergency situation," she said. "The community is anxious ...