Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal fires

Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jurgen Brune contributed to this article about how across the U.S. at least 259 underground mine fires burned in more than a dozen states as of last September, according to federal Office of Surface Mining data. There are hundreds and possibly thousands more undocumented blazes burning in coal seams that have never been mined, researchers and government officials say. The most recent Marshall Fire may have stemmed from the abandoned Marshall Mine, located on park land in the vicinity of where investigators believe the recent fire started.  January 30, 2022.