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The Longest Fires in History: Reader’s Suggestions

Last month we reported that a fire at an abandoned recycling centre had been extinguished after an extraordinary seven months. We asked for your suggestions on the longest-running fires, and you responded en masse.

Here’s our roundup of four of the longest burning fires in human history as nominated by you. We can’t say they are the four longest burning fires, but they’re right up there!

Click the image below to see all four:

Click here to view Figure 1.

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