The explosion that ripped through the Centralia Coal Company’s Mine Number 5 in Centralia, Illinois, on March 25, 1947, claimed the lives of 111 miners. The disaster unfolded due to a confluence... Read more »
The ongoing mine fire beneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, began in 1962 and continues to burn to this day. This subterranean combustion, caused by the ignition of an exposed coal seam,... Read more »
The 1962 incident in Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a coal mine fire that ignited in an abandoned strip mine pit, eventually spreading to the network of tunnels beneath the town. This underground conflagration... Read more »
The 1962 incident in Centralia, Pennsylvania, involved a mine fire ignited by a trash burn in a landfill that spread to the underlying anthracite coal veins. This event led to the near-total... Read more »