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An underground fire is reportedly still ongoing at the Lila Canyon coal operation in Emery County, Utah, after more than a week, but regulatory officials have said no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to local news outlets The Salt Lake Tribune<\/em>, KSL-TV and ETV News, the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining said the fire began last Tuesday, September 20, and all miners were safely evacuated after its discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An investigation into the cause has begun, and while it has been reported the burn is at 1,200 feet, the specific location or origin point within the mine is not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UDOGM is on-site, as is the Denver district office of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. The Emery County Sheriff\u2019s Office also told the Tribune<\/em> there is no known threat to public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lila Canyon, with a staff of 230, produces about 3 million tons annually, much of it going to local power plants Hunter and Huntington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is owned by American Consolidated Natural Resources, which was created from the reorganization of Ohio-based Murray Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources: <\/em>The Salt Lake Tribune<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>KSL-TV<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>ETV News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An underground fire is reportedly still ongoing at the Lila Canyon coal operation in Emery County, Utah, after more than a week, but regulatory officials have said no injuries have been reported. According to local news outlets The Salt Lake Tribune, KSL-TV and ETV News, the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining said the fire began last Tuesday, September…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495],"tags":[88,521,236,85,1436],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-american-consolidated-natural-resources","tag-coal-operation","tag-mine-safety-and-health-administration","tag-murray-energy","tag-underground-fire"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t