Times Leader File Photo Bitter Souls director Tom Ryan, left, watches a scene being filmed on his hand-held monitor inside ... Coal Mine. We filmed at the WK&S railroad. We filmed at part of ...

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 ...

The town of Centralia was once a symbol of Pennsylvania’s mining success. Despite its small population of about 1,000, Centralia became a mining hub, thanks to its coal deposits. In 1962, a fire broke ...

Peaceful, even. But Centralia, Pennsylvania, is a hellish place. It’s been on fire since 1962. Like many other towns on this list, Centralia grew as a mining town. In the early 20th century, it had 14 ...

A clock inside the control room inside the control room of The TransAlta Centralia Generation station counts down the time until the plant has to close pictured on March 8, 2024. Centralia – about the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

At 3:29 p.m. the lights blinked out in the Centralia ... gas or coal dust had exploded, like powder going off in a gun barrel. And almost all of the mine’s 142-man day shift was inside.

Centralia, Pennsylvania once boasted 14 active coal mines and 2,500 residents in the early 20th century. But by the 1960s, its boomtown heyday had passed and most of its mines were abandoned. Still, ...