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More than a third of Utah power at risk because of coal fire, BLM says

Underground fire could smolder indefinitely, permanently shuttering Lila Canyon mine.

(Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining) Utah’s Lila Canyon coal mine, located in Emery County’s section of the Book Cliffs, caught fire Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, and continues burning underground. The BLM has authorized an aggressive drilling program in an effort to extinguish the fire without destroying the mine.