WVDEP monitoring smoke from possible underground coal fire

WVDEP monitoring smoke from possible underground coal fire

WHITE HALL, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is monitoring what is likely an underground fire after multiple reports of smoke were received in White Hall over several days. According to a Facebook post from the Valley Volunteer Fire Department, crews were first alerted to smoke off of Opal Drive in Whitehall near Winston’s Wheels and Tires on Monday, May 5. Reports of smoke at the location also came…