In late September, an underground coal mine just outside the town of East Carbon in rural Utah caught fire. More than two months later ... plenty of small towns still rely on the risky and ...

After ten minutes of burning, a few small flames flickered in both fire lays ... The teepee coal bed was a nice, round pile, while the cabin lay was a spread-out square of thinner coals. Two thumb ...

BOULDER COUNTY — Poofs of smoke and coal ash wafted from a 30-foot pit on Marshall Mesa as an excavator the size of a small house ... into the cause. The fire killed two people and destroyed ...

Fifty-two years is ... with its thousands of small-scale mines, and India, with its crumbling old and large mines, have the most serious underground fire problems. The burning coal releases ...

In late September, an underground coal mine just outside the town of East Carbon in rural Utah caught fire. More than two months later ... plenty of small towns still rely on the risky and ...