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Originally Posted by pshrynk
There is a part of West Virginia that is on fire and will be on fire for about a century as the coal reserves under ground are burnt up. It is releasing CO2 as we speak. A fire started in a deep mine and got out of control. The mining company tried flooding the mine, but there were too many holes and not enough water. They finally decided to abandon themine and let it burn.
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There's another town called Centralia in Pennsynvalia which had to be abandoned when a coal seam was set on fire in 1962. It's estimated that it will burn for 250 years.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania