
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 »