We bring you part 3 of our exclusive series, "Burning Coal Country." The first two parts were about an active mine fire burning underground in Schuylkill County, and the response from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. 69 News Reporter Rob Manch speaks with a man who lives less than two miles away from that active fire.

The closest neighborhood to the Girardville Fire is called Raven Run.

There are fewer than 10 homes up there, but they are all only about a mile from the site of the fire. One man who lives there, Victor Mearini, was willing to speak with us on camera. He said he's hiked into the hills before, but we were the first to inform him of the fire not far from his front door.

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