article_snippet: A man bathes in water which is in itself badly contaminated after spending several days scavenging coal .
article_snippet: Photographer Johnny Haglund visited the area last year for Photographer Johnny Haglund award-winning photo project The Earth is on Fire and described feeling as though Photographer Johnny Haglund skin was on fire.
article_snippet: In spite of horrendous living conditions, Photographer Johnny Haglund also witnessed children making their way through the area in bare feet in order to eke out a living from what coal they could salvage.
article_snippet: Photographer Johnny Haglund said: 'At the end of every day I had a layer of coal on my clothes and his skin and sometimes and I often felt like my face was burning,' Wired reported. '
article_snippet: I had pretty heavy boots, but sometimes just walking around the soles almost melted off. '
article_snippet: I saw young kids - six or seven years old - carrying coal with no shoes on, breathing that air.
article_snippet: A villager shows A villager feet, which are blackened and covered in sores, caused by walking through the area .