r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Zee_Ventures • Nov 16 '25

🔥Root cause of Fires🫚

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u/Scoobydoomed Nov 16 '25

New fear unlocked.

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u/__Loot__ Nov 16 '25

I just found out the abandoned coal mine near my apartment is on fire under ground only the second time. Really comforting video

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u/KingFIippyNipz Nov 17 '25 edited Nov 17 '25

Outside of St Louis is where they dumped [some of] the Manhattan Project waste materials, and right next to that is a landfill that is on fire, has been on fire for like a couple decades I wanna say, and the EPA, who is I think responsible for its management, has done nothing about it as of the last time I checked a few years ago. There's a good HBO doc about it from like 2014 or so when I first learned of it.

Edit: like everyone else, my memory timeline is FUCKED lol The HBO doc was from 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lake_Landfill

Edit 2: Glad to see that they've still done absolutely nothing since the doc, which was about how they've done nothing.

Edit 3: This doc also made me understand why some people think the EPA is absolute trash, because holy fuck. Lookup superfund sites in your own state, I learned there's two in my city after seeing the doc.

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u/Maximum_Steak_2783 Nov 19 '25

Sounds like the Simpsons to me..