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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: ABX on March 06, 2019, 08:33:34 pm

Title: A Toxic, Illegal Garbage Dump in Arkansas Has Been on Fire For 7 Straight Months
Post by: ABX on March 06, 2019, 08:33:34 pm
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The town is called Bella Vista, but for thousands of residents living in this quiet, northwest corner of Arkansas, the outlook in recent times has been anything but.
For a staggering seven straight months, Bella Vista has harboured a toxic open secret: an endless smouldering fire at a former illegal dumping site, burning deep underground since August, and threatening to cost up to US$37 million to put out for good – if it can be extinguished at all....

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-toxic-illegal-garbage-dump-in-arkansas-has-been-on-fire-for-7-straight-months?fbclid=IwAR15BSixYJP7t0iGhcGFAAB52b3pNCPw3K3GmQZl2L63VmSjp6Pg3mCMaJI (https://www.sciencealert.com/a-toxic-illegal-garbage-dump-in-arkansas-has-been-on-fire-for-7-straight-months?fbclid=IwAR15BSixYJP7t0iGhcGFAAB52b3pNCPw3K3GmQZl2L63VmSjp6Pg3mCMaJI)

Title: Re: A Toxic, Illegal Garbage Dump in Arkansas Has Been on Fire For 7 Straight Months
Post by: bigheadfred on March 06, 2019, 08:38:45 pm
7 months. ha ha ha

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1989 – In Heyope (near Knighton, Powys, Wales) a fire involving approximately 10 million tires burned for at least 15 years.

Title: Re: A Toxic, Illegal Garbage Dump in Arkansas Has Been on Fire For 7 Straight Months
Post by: bigheadfred on March 07, 2019, 12:17:32 am
@ABX

Personally, I think the Clinton's finally got around to burning some of the bodies.
Title: Re: A Toxic, Illegal Garbage Dump in Arkansas Has Been on Fire For 7 Straight Months
Post by: thackney on March 07, 2019, 02:54:56 pm
Quote from: bigheadfred on March 06, 2019, 08:38:45 pm
7 months. ha ha ha

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1989 – In Heyope (near Knighton, Powys, Wales) a fire involving approximately 10 million tires burned for at least 15 years.
The World's Oldest Underground Fire Has Been Burning For 6,000 Years
https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/the-worlds-oldest-underground-fire-has-been-burning-fo-1539049759/amp (https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/the-worlds-oldest-underground-fire-has-been-burning-fo-1539049759/amp)