Monday, December 10, 2012

Centralia, Pennsylvania

(an update without my crappy photos in it)

A city in Pennsylvania,
Centralia--
a former coal mining town--
has been on fire
for half a century now.


population in year 2010 = 10 residents

The fire, I understand, began in an old strip mine which had been converted into a landfill.
The fire seeped into a crack in the mine, led into the tunnels of old coal mines, igniting the underground passages throughout town.

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