Welcome words in Centralia, Pennsylvania ... goes that a coal miner accidentally started a small fire one autumn night near the mine he spent the greater part of his life inside.

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 ...

The fire spread throughout a labyrinth of coal mines beneath the town, creating a giant underground inferno. That was 50 years ago on May 27, 1962. Half a century later, Centralia, Pennsylvania ...

In what seems like the plot to a disaster movie, the quiet town of Centralia, Pennsylvania ... underground to harvest the coal, but by the mid-1900s, many of the mines where abandoned.

Centralia, Pennsylvania, is a near-ghost town, with only six homes still occupied. Beneath its surface, a coal mine fire has been burning continuously for over 60 years, releasing poisonous smoke ...

Centralia, in Pennsylvania, wasn’t always like this. It was once a booming coal mining town with more than ... where many profanities and obscene pictures are spray painted.

The state of Pennsylvania ... coal there to keep the fire burning for 500 years, or even longer. The government spent millions of dollars on numerous unsuccessful attempts to put out the Centralia ...

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 ...

One cool, rainy day in May 2022, Rob Manch and Kaylee Lindenmuth decided to search for the coal mine ... the next Centralia – until a kid falls in a hole?” Manch said. Since the Pennsylvania ...

StateImpact Pennsylvania convened the ... Edna Fund remembers what Centralia, Washington was like in the 1960s, before the coal mine and power plant opened. She and a friend drove to the site ...

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 ...