The Centralia fire has been burning through an abandoned deep mine in Pennsylvania’s Buck Mountain Coal Bed since May of 1962. State officials aren’t entirely sure how the blaze started ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. - Standing before the wreckage of his bulldozed home ... a once-proud coal town whose population fled an underground mine fire that began in 1962 and continues to burn.

At first, you may think it is just another common town, but beneath the land lies the real truth that has been burning for almost six decades, as per Mining.com.   Back in 1962, Centralia was just ...

Before 1962, Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a thriving old mining town. However, that changed when a fire broke out in May that year. Although it is not completely clear what started it, the results ...

They seemed to coil out of the ground from a grassy patch near a tree by his house in the rural town of Centralia ... it could take up to 200 years before the fire goes out.

Eternal flames are flames that continuously burn for an extended period of time, often indefinitely. This natural phenomenon ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. (WHTM) – Centralia was founded in 1866 ... So the Centralia Council decided the best way to clean the garbage was to set it on fire. This caused an underground fire to start ...

A once wealthy bustling Pennsylvania town ... towns - with an underground fire that started more than 60 years ago still burning today. Founded in 1866 in Centralia, Pennsylvania, was known ...

Centralia in Pennsylvania ... The state said the fire could continue to burn for another century, with others reckoning that it could be hundreds more years before it finally extinguishes itself.