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 ...

In 1962, Centralia was a bustling coal town boasting more than 1,000 residents. In 2017, only ten people remained. The exodus began after a massive coal fire started underground. Multiple attempts ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, today, 50 years after the start of the Centralia Mine Fire on May 27, 1962, is mostly a series of reverting fields of wildflowers and naturalized ...

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… ...

Final Centralia, Pa., residents can live out lives in town atop burning mine. Updated: Nov. 02, 2013, ... The mine fire has transformed Centralia into a macabre tourist attraction.

Centralia is about 185km from Pennsylvania’s largest city, Philadelphia. The town was left abandoned after a coal mine fire began to burn more than 50 years ago.

So far, no one has died in Centralia because of the underground mine fire, but there was a very close call on Valentine's Day in 1981. Todd Domboski, 12, was playing in a yard and the ground caved ...