JHARIA COAL MINE FIRE AND ITS IMPACT Abhishek Das1
Jharia Coal Mine Fire Jharia saw its dawn of mining in the year of 1894 and the first fire broke out at Bhowr in 1916 and has been active since then. Coal fire refers to a burning or smoldering coal seam, coal storage pill or coal waste pile (Kuenzer, Zhang,Tetzlaff, van Dijik, Voigt, Mehl, Wagner, 2007).