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There was a similar (but less unfortunate) event near my hometown in Missouri.
Fellow that lived across from the landfill was driving steel pipe into the
ground to build a fence.  A spark (from the hammer driving the pipe) ignited
methane coming up out of the pipe.

Luckily, due to his discovery, there were no serious injuries or losses.
I would certainly agree that a Landfill is NOT something to live near.
(Unless you want to save on your heating bill by collecting the gas
yourself.  :->   )

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>In one of the chicago's suburbs, they are building  SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
>(about 140 HOMES) near A LANDFILL. One can see a huge mountain of landfill
>in front of you. Would this cause any diseases ? Isn't it harmful ? Does the
>value of real estate in this area go down since it is nearer to a LANDFILL ?
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>Thinking of long term, is it worth-while buying a real estate nearer to a
>mountain of landfill ?
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>Has anybody experienced something like this ? Does anyone know of someone who
>has experienced something like this ?
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>Please, let me know ASAP.
>
>Raj.
 
This is from my hazy memory, but about 10 years ago, residents in house within
about 2000 feet of a local landfill started suffering headaches, restless and/
or very deep sleep, nausia, etc.  They were checked out by an MD who didn't
find anything specific.  Sometime later (weeks?) the husband was trying to
light a fire in the fireplace on a cold morning, and when he struck the match
(it's been 10 years, so I don't remember the exact quote, but it was something
like) ". . .A blue ball of fire lept from the match and roared up the chimney.
Then, little blue balls of fire started dancing all around the living room. .
".  He got his family out safely, but watched as his house burned to the
ground.  It turned out that the gasious byproduct of organic decay, methane,
has seeped horizontally through the earth until it reached his basement, and
then permeated the house.  Nobody knew why the pilot on his furnace didn't
set it off first.  Oh, that was the cause of the their "illness" also.
I think construction on an adjacent house was terminated, some other nearby
residents were forced to leave, and the landfill owner (a city) had to install
methane alarms and vents to collect/burnoff the gas.
 
This may not be the exact details, but I was definitely left with the
impression that landfills were not wise places to build near.
 
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