At 11:10 am on 12/23/08 smoke in coal pile was reported. Investigation discovered smoke coming out of the top of the coke pile. They set up the coal/coke reclaimer over the smoldering material and scraped it off. The operation was successful and the fire was out by 12:00 p.m. Since it took longer than 30 minutes, the CR Operator reported incident to MSHA at 11:40 am.