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Gas pours out from burning coal bing
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman ...begun after a coal bing began emitting...Lothian. The gas was released...colourless poison has caused...because of the poison. They claimed...officials confirmed tests were carried...that weekly tests would ...
Coal bing's toxic cloud is hanging over town again
Newspaper article from: The Herald ...yesterday after a coal bing sent a toxic...The colourless poison has stripped...odorous cloud of gas and the operation...then find a new piece of coal...on and find a new way to the surface...officials ...

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