No buildings were ablaze when the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation call near Fairmont last week. The incendiary simmering, instead, was coming from about 40 ...

Step back in time as we venture into a century-old railroad tunnel, carved deep through stone and history. Hidden within, a ...

Officials say a hole in the coal seam has opened up behind the building and was showing 700 degrees on the surface. The ...

A fire that has been burning underground in Marion County for years sparked emergency response again this week.

Two men live and work in very different worlds — one above the earth, in the dust and machines of an opencast pit; the other ...

Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Jharia coalfield, one of India's largest and most fire-prone coal reserves, has witnessed underground mine fires and ...

The coal seam fire that previously plagued Winston Wheels and Tires in White Hall may now be a problem for the whole town.

Gomeroi people are 'gutted' by the National Native Title Tribunal's decision to allow Santos to mine coal seam gas on their Country, including in the culturally important Pilliga Forest.

Explore the lives of the underground coal miners in Jharkhand, their challenges, technologies enhancing safety, and the ...

South Africa secures $2.2 billion in funding to transition away from its heavy reliance on coal towards renewable energy ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone intended to attract more than R40 billion in ...