The Centralia fire is a coal mine fire that has been burning in Pennsylvania since 1962. Learn the story of the fire, what caused it, and environmental concerns. Skip to content ...

On May 27, 1962, a dump fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania ignited a blaze in underground coal deposits. Now, 56 years later, it's still burning -- and some estimates say it may burn for 250 years.

The Centralia, Pa., underground coal fire started after the municipality back-burned the town garbage dump in 1962. Although they thought that all the holes were filled with non-combustible ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. - Standing before the wreckage of his ... a borough in the mountains of east-central Pennsylvania that all but ceased to exist in the 1980s after the mine fire spread beneath homes ...

The town’s bell, crafted in 1869 when Centralia was 3 years old, commands a position of honor at a monument to those who fought in every war […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Centralia, Pa. – Nearly a half-century after it began, the voracious mine fire that doomed this coal town in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania continues to burn hundreds of feet ...

A once wealthy bustling Pennsylvania town is now one of the nation's most famous ghost towns - with an underground fire that started more than 60 years ago still burning today.. Founded in 1866 in ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. – Almost 10 percent of Centralia’s populace gathered in Mayor Lamar Mervine’s living room recently to discuss the latest U.S. Census figures. In toto, the gathering… ...

How a local TV station investigated an underground mine fire in the heart of Pennsylvania’s coal region ‘Towns like Shenandoah and Centralia tend to get forgotten in the state. … ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. (WHTM) – Centralia was founded in 1866 and is located in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Mostly known for its local mines, Centralia had around 2,800 residents in the 1890s and … ...