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.

Urgent coal mine fire mitigation work has begun near Glenwood Springs after hotspots with surface temps up to 900°F threaten ...

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 ...

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE FIRE AND THAT SUSPECT IN CUSTODY ... He was inside the residence for about a minute before he escaped, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said.He hopped ...

HARRISBURG, Pa ... the fire with a plan to attack Shapiro inside, should he have encountered him. Balmer is accused of breaking into the residence and starting the fire before escaping through ...

Pennsylvania Gov ... He was on the grounds for several minutes before entering the house with homemade incendiary devices and set the fire, officials said. State police said he was taken into ...

Centralia was, for the fast opening decades of the 1900s, hectic and prosperous before the advent ... future can a town irredeemably on fire have? Eventually Pennsylvania state bought Centralia.

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 ...

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 ...

For seven years, Ashley Shade and Samuel Barnett have been studying soil microbial communities in Centralia, Pennsylvania ... along the fire’s path and examined the soil before, during, and ...

CENTRALIA — About 20 residents from a senior housing facility in Centralia were evacuated before sunrise on Wednesday morning after a fire started in a third-floor unit of the three-story ...