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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.

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

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.

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

There are parts of the US where abandoned coal mines, snaking their way miles beneath crumbling communities, burn and have burned for decades.

You'd think people in California, where tools used to clear brush can start a wildfire that scorches many acres and destroys hundreds of homes, could understand an event such as the one in Centralia, Pa., the aftermath of which is recorded in "The Town That Was." In 1962, as members of the Centralia Volunteer Fire Department prepared for the annual ...

Since 1962, the once booming coal mining town of Centralia in northeastern Pennsylvania has been on fire.

Rights available: All rights available Other information: the author is the winner of Washington College's prestigious Sophie Kerr Prize.

Sumana sez, "Keith Allison visited Centralia, Pennsylvania, a mostly-evacuated town whose coal mine caught on fire in 1962.

Haunting and rich -- Philadelphia Weekly THIS MAY, CINEVOLVE STUDIOS INVITES HOME VIEWERS TO THE MODERN-DAY GHOST TOWN OF CENTRALIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SITE OF A MINE FIRE BURNING SINCE 1962 -- IN A POIGNANT, AFFECTING AND ACCLAIMED FESTIVAL FAVORITE As a subject in The Town That Was states, We know how to start towns.

The old mining town of Centralia in Columbia County was once home to more than 2,000 people.

It was near zero in the area with a fairly good snow cover on the ground. Officials in charge of Shamokin's drive to support the Boy Scouts were happy to hear directly from Gov.

A recently discovered underground coal refuse fire in eastern Pennsylvania, apparently burning since July, has raised some concerns among neighbors and others.

Ben Hasty: Reading Eagle Wind turbines on a ridge near Centralia, Columbia County, a town that lived and died by coal production.

If approval is secured and funds are raised, the Borough of Centralia could have its own state historical marker sometime in 2009.

Residents of Elysburg were trying to deal with a situation that had turned chaotic.

If approval is secured and funds are raised, Centralia could have its own state historical marker sometime in 2009.