Underground Coal Seams Can Spontaneously Combust And Burn For Decades. Here's How Officials Keep Colorado's 38 Fires Under Control

Tending to a below-ground fire is unlike fighting ones above ground.

Underground Coal Seams Can Spontaneously Combust And Burn For Decades. Here's How Officials Keep Colorado's 38 Fires Under Control

Colorado to start mitigating underground coal mine fire near Marshall Fire ignition point in Boulder County - CBS Colorado

Dangers from underground coal fire known in Boulder for decades

Coal Seam Fire memories still burning a decade later

State wraps up fight on underground coal mine fire

Coal seam fires in Southwest Colorado deemed low risk – The Durango Herald

Colorado to dig up long-burning coal fire near Marshall fire

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Coal Mine Fires in Colorado – Colorado Virtual Library

Dangerous legacy: Tens of thousands of Coloradans live near one of the state's many underground coal-mine fires, Subscriber Content