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Underground Fire Investigated in Lackawanna County

EYNON — Heavy equipment started drilling bore holes on Wednesday near Staback Park in Lackawanna County to see the extent of an underground fire. Resident...

EYNON -- Heavy equipment started drilling bore holes on Wednesday near Staback Park in Lackawanna County to see the extent of an underground fire.

Residents noticed a smell in the air several weeks ago, and recently noticed smoke coming up from out of the ground near Archbald.

There is a lot of coal waste in this part of Lackawanna County, but it isn't known yet if the underground fire is actually a mine fire.

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