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Excess amount of coals produced more than demand has to be deposited in stockyards. During this period, coals lose both their economical values and cause environmental problems. It is often that spontaneous combustion event of coals can take place in the cases of convenient conditions are available. In this work, two industrial sized stockpiles were constituted at coal stockyard of Western Lignite Corporation (WLC) in Tuncbilek, Turkey. The size of the stockpiles formed as triangle prism was about 10 m by 5 m widt...