Week-long uncontrolled coal fire at Colorado power plant

Brush Volunteer Fire Department: 23,000 tons of coal on fire at 'live  storage' at Pawnee Power Plant – The Fort Morgan Times

 

Volunteer firefighters are battling a coal fire burning in the storage units of a coal-fired power plant near the town of Brush in northern Colorado.

The fire has been burning for a week and according to reports, the blaze involves 23,000 tons of coal in what is described as live storage.

Adding to the difficulty, according to the Fort Morgan Times, a conveyor belt that would be able to remove the coal is inoperable.

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