Burning Coal Country: Man who lives less than 2 miles from underground fire in Schuylkill speaks out

We bring you part 3 of our exclusive series, "Burning Coal Country." The first two parts were about an active mine fire burning underground in Schuylkill County, and the response from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. 69 News Reporter Rob Manch speaks with a man who lives less than two miles away from that active fire.
The closest neighborhood to the Girardville Fire is called Raven Run.
There are fewer than 10 homes up there, but they are all only about a mile from the site of the fire. One man who lives there, Victor Mearini, was willing to speak with us on camera. He said he's hiked into the hills before, but we were the first to inform him of the fire not far from his front door.
Watch all 4-Parts of this series at WFMZ.com: www.wfmz.com/news/area/pocono...
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Watch all 4-Parts of this series at WFMZ.com: www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/burning-coal-country-69-news-investigates-underground-fire-in-schuylkill-what-could-be-done-to/collection_92bfe52a-ad65-11ed-ab77-87ebd14cd445.html

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Thank you for doing local Investigative Journalism. I'd thought it had become extinct.

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This is excellent. I wish this guy could do like an hour and a half documentary about this instead of 15-20 minutes worth.

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Wow great video,! Thank you for this.

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Could be in a movie!

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A Steven King movie, one where the burning coal edges turn out to be possessed creatures or haunted demons and are coming after individual homeowners, the ones who harbor town secrets, ones who thought they just got away with something devious maybe. Yes, this is way too good of a fret to waste the truth material on a dumb TV soap opera anyways.

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... Real life is better then a movie 😂 ...

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.. Who cares how it got on fire ... Its on fire ...