There are fires like that world wide. The issue is they are complex and
self feeding. One would think you could seal off the outlets and the CO2
would smother the fire. Apparently not.

Water will do it but with massive pollution. It is best to let them
go and if possible isolate the fire into a pinch-out.

Martin

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On 7/27/2010 5:49 PM, Wild_Bill wrote:
Apparently the U.S.A. doesn't have any expertise/experience to offer concerning
extinguishing underground coal fires (or landfill fires, either), try those
terms in a search engine.

Centralia PA, burning since 1962, not only CO2, but a variety of toxic gasses. A
concerned citizen apparently offered to put the fire out for less than $200, but
the local officials couldn't approve the offer.

http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHfnp2czZQ

So what it comes down to, is that fires somewhere else are evil, or worse than..