Today, little remains of the once-thriving mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images A coal fire has been burning beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, ...
An American town has been burning underground for more than 60 years. Once a thriving coal community, Centralia, Pennsylvania was slowly erased from the map, its streets abandoned, homes demolished, ...
Ten years later in 1979, the fire reached a point of no return. The mayor, John Coddington, who also ran a gas station, discovered during a routine check that the gasoline in his underground tanks was ...
Today, little remains of the once-thriving mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Over 60 years ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a bustling coal ...