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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:58:03 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:   
      
   > On 19 Dec 2025 02:01:51 GMT, rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:46:15 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> I have not heard of root fire in my country. Peat fire going on for   
   >>> many months, yes. Rekindling a forest fire, yes. Crews remain around   
   >>> for some time after the fire is put out.   
   >>   
   >>https://thebulletin.org/2021/03/underground-zombie-peat-fires-   
   release-100-   
   >>times-the-carbon-of-wildfires/   
   >>   
   >>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire   
   >>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Run_mine_fire   
   >>   
   >>Possibly some of the cause is the ponderosa pines are large trees but   
   >>have very shallow roots so some oxygen is available. In the 2003 fire   
   >>there was no rekindling since there was nothing left to burn.   
   >   
   > Do you guys remember the coal fire that's been burning in Pennsylvania   
   > since 1962? They expect it to burn for another 250 years before it burns   
   > out.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire   
      
   Er, yeah. The link is in the material you quoted, along with the Laurel   
   Run link.   
      
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