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Deadly fires have raged for a century in mines in India's Jharkhand state, where Savitri Mahto is one of 100,000 people risking their lives shovelling coal to supply insatiable demand.The fires, raging in pockets across opencast mines spread over nearly 300 square kilometres (116 square miles), have burned millions of tonnes of CO2-belching coal, experts say.
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Fire investigators across the state have handled several deadly fires over the past few days.
As the temperatures continue to drop, local fire departments are encouraging you to be weather ready and check your CO and smoke detectors at home.
Firefighters said they found a body inside one of the units as they were putting out the fire.