article_snippet: In an northeastern Indian town, residents are dying of breathing disorders and skin diseases at alarming rates as underground fires that have raged for nearly a century continue to blanket the city in toxic smoke.
article_snippet: The Indian town of Jharia, in India's northeastern Jharkhand province, plays host to more than 70 fires which have burned continuously beneath the earth's surface since 1916.
article_snippet: fires are spewing toxic fumes across an northeastern Indian town, causing respiratory and skin diseases .
article_snippet: Flames emanate from the ground where beneath the surface, more than 70 fires have raged for decades .
article_snippet: Flames from the underground fires burst through the surface as a local man watches from afar .
highlights_snippet: The Indian town of Jharia sits above deadly underground coal mine fires .
  
highlights_snippet: More than 70 fires beneath The Indian town of Jharia have raged uncontrollably since 1916 .
  
highlights_snippet: More than 70 fires beneath the town are causing breathing and skin diseases as well as huge sinkholes .
  
highlights_snippet: Residents are forced to live on top of More than 70 fires beneath the town in order to eke out a living .