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 ...

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 ...

Founded in 1866 in Centralia, Pennsylvania, was known for its local coal mines. The town reached its peak population in the 1890s, with 2,800 residents, two theatres, multiple hotels, and 14 ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. - Standing before the wreckage ... on millions of tons of slow-burning anthracite coal in the abandoned network of mines beneath the town. At first, most Centralians ignored the ...

Before 1962, Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a thriving old ... It is possible the fire reached deep into the mine and ignited a vein of coal that then spread into a much larger fire.

“This (fire) was what Centralia used to look like ... that it was first discovered in 2004 by a mining company called Blaschak Coal. But the Pennsylvania DEP couldn’t answer how far-reaching ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Coal was a source of energy and mining ... One of those major events that caused this was the Centralia mine fires that still burn underground to this day.

Centralia has become a harrowing and eerie tourist destination for curious roadtrippers making their way through Pennsylvania. This simple coal mining town met its fate in 1962 when a fire ...

"The area encompassed by the Centralia Mine Fire is ... Avenue in Centralia, Pennsylvania. More than 1,000 people lived there. Today, it’s a ghost town. An underground coal fire has been burning ...

In his new book, “Telling Of The Anthracite: A Pennsylvania Posthistory ... in 1959 and the Centralia mine fire in 1962 – symbolically mark the end of King Coal in the region, Mosley ...