Power generation at risk due to Utah coal fire, BLM says

Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jürgen Brune contributed to this article about an underground fire that could smolder indefinitely, permanently shuttering Lila Canyon mine.  The underground fire burning for weeks in a Utah coal mine could disrupt power generation at two of the state’s biggest power plants, according to the Bureau of Land Management. And putting it out will require an extensive program of drilling and flooding the mine with water and foams, lasting weeks if not months. October 25, 2022.