A fire has been burning under this Pennsylvania ghost town for more than 60 years — take a look

Since 1962, a fire has burned beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a once-bustling mining town that is now home to only a handful ...
Ever After in the Woods

The Forgotten Coal Town In Pennsylvania That Feels Trapped In The 1800s

Eckley Miners’ Village in Pennsylvania feels like stepping into a piece of living history. It’s a small place tucked deep in ...
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Why This Abandoned Town in Pennsylvania Has Been Burning for 60 Years | The Centralia Mystery

Have you heard of a town that’s been burning underground for over 60 years? Deep beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a coal mine fire still rages, turning a once-bustling mining town into one of ...
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Coal mining towns are switching industries to survive

Climate change is not just changing our atmosphere, it is changing the fabric of many rural towns nationwide. As the United States has moved to renewable sources of energy, it has strained the coal ...
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How One Fire Turned an American Town Into a Wasteland

In 1962, a routine landfill burn in the Pennsylvania town of Centralia ignited something far more dangerous — a coal seam ...
The American Prospect

Moshannon ICE Protest in Rural Pennsylvania Coal Town Opens Eyes

This piece is cross-posted from Payday Report, a website about the labor movement. PHILIPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – Early on Sunday morning, members of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Party for Socialism and ...
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Drag queens are out, proud and loud in a string of coal towns, from a bingo hall to blue-collar bars

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHAMOKIN, Pa. (AP) — Deep in Pennsylvania ...