One year ago Sunday, on June 8, 2002, a spark from an underground coal seam burning for decades in South Canyon ignited the dry oakbrush clustered around the spot where the coal seam hit the surface.

GILLETTE — This year, with a little help from Uncle Sam, the Campbell County Fire Department will get a better idea of how many coal-seam fires are burning out in the county. As part of its ...

ROCK SPRINGS — Local documentarian Stephen Shea captured some action with his camera on Thursday, Dec. 4. According to Shea, Nucor and the Wyoming Abandoned Mine Land Division (AML) battled a stubborn ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Buffalo Field Office is warning residents about actively burning coal seam fires in northern Campbell and eastern Sheridan counties. While the ...

The state announced Thursday the completion of a nearly year-long effort to extinguish a burning pile of century-old coal mining debris near Florence. The pile of rock, dirt and low-quality coal began ...

A fire estimated at 3 acres was reported at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday off Healy Spur Road. The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, along with the Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Anderson Fire ...

The state of Colorado will be holding a public meeting in Meeker to discuss its planned work related to a coal mine fire project near the town. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, ...

Less than a year after the Meeker area was hard-hit by wildfire, a state agency is initiating emergency, pre-emptive fuels reduction work to reduce the chance of a coal mine fire igniting a blaze near ...