Underground coal fire out after decades of smoldering

Montana

The state Department of Environmental Quality has extinguished an underground fire burning for decades in a coal seam in southeastern Montana, where it threatened to spark fires on the surface and a large nearby power line… Read More

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For decades, discharges from the abandoned Belt Anaconda Coal Mine flowed into the creek, making it so acidic few fish can survive in it, says Bill Snoddy, a project manager…