A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!

How is that possible when the country has only been established for 200 years.. what proof could they have??

Magic. Simple enough?

Aboriginals have lived there for 1000 of years!!

where?

hey are you joking

this is not true. how could a fire be burning for 5000 years without consuming the entire country? NOT TRUE

Wow. People typing in caps won't do much. And cursing get's you no where. The only thing it adds is a black eye and a bloody nose. Maybe some chipped teeth too...

wow you guys are fighting over a "fact" real mature, and im only 13. hmm, what the world has turned into these days! :/

actually it's true. Australia's Burning Mountain Mt. Wingen.

explain how it is true cause i dont think it is

Wikipedia said this.."Burning Mountain is a feature near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres (186 mi) north of Sydney just off the New England Highway. It takes its name from a naturally combusting coal seam running underground through the sandstone. Burning Mountain is contained in a Nature Reserve administered by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)."

Good enough for me.

REALLY?! wow if thts tru thts just well............WOW

i mean the fact

u no the teeth at du top? to the right of ur front teeth lay 1 k9, but mine i gots 2 there!! i got 5 k9 no 4. no, no. I GOT 5!! koolz right? im only 13

Emily, why are you still takling about your teeth sweet heart? What has that got to do with Australia buring for over 5000 years?????

How is that possible.............................I don't believe.......................

what about rain what happens then?

its not actually a fire, its more like smoke or steam coming through cracks in the ground.

some people are really unmature on here and argue about the simplest of things...
i am also 13

hahaha no offense but its not unmature is immature

Are you guys serious? What are 13 year olds doing on here anyway? Go watch power rangers or whatever.

Just look on youtube

Not unbelievable, what about volcanos? The earths center core has been burning much longer. Lame!

lol gooday;P

It's G'day. ^^ I live in Sydney and have never heard of this fire, so I am amazed.

WOW (^^^)

how is that possible is that true i dont get it
how doesnt fires grow if its burning that long
australia would be burned all the way

Actually, I've been burning for 2,000-5,500 years.

:0

It's actually been burning forever.

How did the fire start?

But how did this coal seam get ignited and for how long has it been burning? It has been estimated that the burning front has been moving southward at a rate of approximately one metre (more than 3 feet) every year and has moved about 6,000 metres (nearly 4 miles) to its present position.12 Thus, if the coal has burned in the past at the current rate, then the fire started probably at most about 6,000 years ago. Even allowing for variations in the rate, the evidence certainly indicates that it has been burning for a few thousand years, not millions.

cool but where in australia?

yes there has been a fire burning for more than 5000 years look it up on youtube

soooo, can they even call it a "fire" since everything underground is steam and ash and molten rock? everything down there is fire, technically. it's not THAT amazing. it's just steam. oh, and i'm 17 (nearly 18).

omg soo many years

THERES A FIRE BURNING IN MY PANTS FOR 5,000 YEARS HAHAHAHAHAA JUST KIDDING

POWER RANGERS!

people in australia have big penai!

lots of deserts i guess..

http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v15/i2/mountain.asp

It is true guys this fire is burning from 5000 years and actually i know how it started it happened because of dumb ameriacans, they were smoking cigar and forget to smoke blah blah blah and it is still there. U wanna see, dont go there u will not come back hey hey hey

yes it's true. Us Australians do have big penai

I find this to be very interestinq the only thinq that I question is is it a forest fire or like a manmade fire that someone has been keepinq track of .? î„«

greed with othr 13 yr old and im 13 and i believe and i have to go put out the fire now cya !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Mountain

I STARTED IT

Its afire that is underground rumored to have been started by a lightning strike

THIS FIRE IS INCREDIBLE I MEAN IT SURVIVES THE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!