MAY 3, 2019 AT 10:28 AM,JHARIA_VILLAGE Jharia coal field has been burning for 100 years. The first fire in Jharia mines was reported in 1916. ... Forty-six years into the formation of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), however, the fires raging underneath Jharia have only worsened, resulting in one of the world's oldest and most widespread mine fires today. Blasting in one of the coal mines in Jharia