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Fires burning in abandoned mines for more than a decade have been extinguished

Crews have successfully extinguished underground fires that were burning for more than a decade, and possibly much longer, in abandoned coal mines near Gallup. The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department announced on Monday that its Mining and Minerals Division had extinguished the fires that were emitting toxic gasses and posing a potential threat to […]