# Longest living fire

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-living-fire/418564>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 9, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-living-fire/418564 "2007-09-09T13:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-living-fire/418564/41 "2007-09-11T16:39:36Z")

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[QUOTE=solkoe]  
Interesting discussion.  
Going back to the OP, what if I was looking for a flame instead of smoldering coal? What is the longest lasting flame in history?  
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At Volcano House, the lodge in Volcanoes Nat’l Park on Hawaii, they claim the fire in their lobby has been burning continuously for over [125 years](http://www.volcanohousehotel.com/History.htm).

Also notable for having the fireplace with the biggest knockers around! That Pele was STACKED!

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-living-fire/418564/42 "2007-09-12T03:39:45Z")

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We’ve visited Volcanoes National Park. It’s a great place. Although the current eruption of Kilauea is only 24 1/2 years now, it was fascinating to stare into the same toiling mass that Mark Twain himself reported on in his days as a journalist. (I’m a big Mark Twain fan.)

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