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The smell of burning tyres is caused by the brown coal in the area's peaty soil which is fuelling the fire underground.

Poland is taking strides in embracing renewable energy, but gets almost 70% of its energy from black and brown coal.

"It is the last place where brown coal will be mined - not a symbol for more-of-the-same, but for the final frontier."

The regional power supplier, RWE, had already bought the land from farmers to expand its mining for brown coal, which the protesters pointed out is an especially polluting fuel.

The government has, however, brought forward the date when all brown coal power plants will be shut down in North Rhine-Westphalia, to 2030 from 2038, acceding to a campaign promise from the Greens.