Colorado extinguishes 100-year-old coal fire

Suspected of starting a local wildfire, a coal fire underneath a popular Boulder, Colorado, open space has been put out.

Coal fires can burn for as long as there is fuel. Colorado's Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety undertook a massive project to dig up tons of unburnt coal and backfill burnt-out caverns. — Read the rest

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