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.

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, 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.

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 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 ...