BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agoHave you ever seen coal burn? If yes, why?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareHave you ever seen coal burn? If yes, why?BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoNo, but this topic sent me down a rabbit hole briefly. You may have heard of the Marshall Fire in Boulder, Colorado that burned 1000 homes and killed two people within the city in 2021. In the area of the point of ignition of this wildfire, an underground coal fire has been known to be burning for the past 150 years. As far as I know they still haven’t ruled it out as a possible cause.
minus-squareBitrot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoThe fact that the city decided to build over that is nuts.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIt was the opposite of a flood plain, but the land was just as cheap!
minus-squareCaptainBlagbird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoThey didn’t start the fire, it was always burning 🎶
No, but this topic sent me down a rabbit hole briefly.
You may have heard of the Marshall Fire in Boulder, Colorado that burned 1000 homes and killed two people within the city in 2021.
In the area of the point of ignition of this wildfire, an underground coal fire has been known to be burning for the past 150 years. As far as I know they still haven’t ruled it out as a possible cause.
The fact that the city decided to build over that is nuts.
It was the opposite of a flood plain, but the land was just as cheap!
They didn’t start the fire, it was always burning 🎶