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Monday Dec 7 | TreeHugger

Massive Underground Coal Fire Started in 1962 Still Burns Today

You may have already heard the story of Centralia, PA, a coal mining town that had some 1,000 inhabitants at its peak.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

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The Fire down below

Centralia Pennsylvania : Since 1962 Centralia has stood on top of a coal mine fire, the origin of which was likely a trash fire started by firemen in an effort to clean up the local landfill.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Jordoncooper.com

Centralia

The stupidness of humans never ceases to amaze me. The good people of Centralia, Pennsylvania decided to burn some garbage in May 1962 and hired some volunteer firefighters to do the job and they did in an abandoned coal mine.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Spectator

Best of Eerie Horror Fest frights and delights students

Things definitely went bump in the night last Thursday at the Frank G. Pogue University Theater.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

WGAL-TV

Centralia: Pa.'s Infamous Ghost Town -- See Our Viewers' Pictures

Centralia, Pa., is one of the stranger places in America. A once thriving coal town, it was abandoned after a fire started at a trash dump in 1962 and spread to an open coal seam.

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Tue Sep 29, 2009

WGAL

Send Us Your Centralia Pictures - Image From Whitney Maisano

Centralia, Pa., is one of the stranger places in America. A once thriving coal town, it was abandoned after a fire started at a trash dump in 1962 and spread to an open coal seam.

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Fri Sep 25, 2009

Matter Network

International Battery of Allentown, PA Brings Green Power to NASA

With the help of hometown lithium-ion battery manufacturer International Battery, Allentown PA is on the verge of becoming the latest rust belt refugee to dip its toes into the new green economy.

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Sun Aug 23, 2009

Fashion.psfk

Palladiuma s New Campaign Explores The Forgotten New York

Just as the branding and imaging debate has heated up with several companies, Palladium have "re-launched" for the Autumn/Winter 2009 season.A The brand, which has debuted its new collection and image campaign featuring photography by Peter Sutherland , will also be releasing Exploration #1, a short form documentary series titled Uneven Terrain a ' ...

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Wed Aug 05, 2009

Philly.com

Planning real-to-reel on small-town Pa.

Georgie Roland went to L.A. to learn moviemaking, but he came home to small-town Pennsylvania to finish his film education.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Morning Call

Paul Carpenter: We're off to see ... the wonderful scam

A n amazed Dorothy looked at the big, gleaming, gold, onion-shaped cupolas atop the Holy Ascension Orthodox Church.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

New York Press

DVD: The Town That Was

Documentaries are rarely short on impactive power. Love him or hate him, Michael Moore revved up the healthcare debate after unleashing Sicko, and crackdowns on fast food proliferated after Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Boing Boing

Giant Burning Holes of the World

Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and Esoterica , with Dylan Thuras.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

Netscape

The Real Silent Hill - The Centralia PA Mine Fire

The Real Silent Hill - The Centralia PA Mine Fire >> Posted By alakazam 4 hours, 29 minutes ago in Science & Technology > Real Events in Centralia, Pennsylvania inspired this movie.

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Evening Sun

Centralia, Pa., loses 1 more resident

One of the last people remaining in a Pennsylvania town largely abandoned due to an underground coal fire has reluctantly moved out.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

DVD Verdict

The Town That Was

It's an amazing story, one that may sound vaguely familiar to you. In Centralia, Pennsylvania, 1962, the local fire department begins a controlled burn of the local garbage dump in preparation for Memorial Day - you know, making the town look its best for the big holiday.

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Wed May 27, 2009

WGAL.com

Send Us Your Centralia Pictures

In Columbia County, Pa. there is a small town, Centralia, where an underground fire has been burning for more than 40 years.

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