Forgotten History
A Pennsylvania Town Has Sat Above a Coal Fire for 63 Years — and Only 5 Residents Refused to Leave
Centralia, PA has had a coal mine fire burning underground since May 1962. In 2026,…
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Forgotten History
Pennsylvania’s Ghost Town Has Been on Fire Underground for 63 Years — and 5 People Still Live There
Roughly 1,000 people called Centralia, Pennsylvania home in 1961. By the 2020 U.S. Census, that…