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Underground coal fires

Incidence

In Indonesia in 1997, there were still peat fires burning in the earth from the El Niño events of 1983. Rain does not extinguish deep peat or coal fires. They smoulder, like self-combustion, underground indefinitely.

Broader

Fires
Presentable

Aggravates

Aggravated by

Value

Underground
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Geology » Geology
  • Resources » Coal
  • Societal problems » Fire
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J5514
    DOCID
    12055140
    D7NID
    142058
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020