There is a certain rugged beauty of those landscapes despite the environmental disaster. The out of control underground fires is something I have come across before. Apparently there is a US town that had to be evacuated as a result of one - it's called Centralia you can read more about it on Wikipedia here. I first heard about it years ago on a great (now sadly discontinued) podcast called Hometown Tales.
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Yup, mining often has disastrous unintended consequences.
Yes it is certainly a very risky business.