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The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States, since at least May 27, 1962. Its original cause and start date are still a matter of debate.
Centralia (/ s ɛ n ˈ t r eɪ l i ə / sen-TRAY-li-ə) is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.Its population declined from 1,000 in 1980 to five residents in 2020 [8] because a coal mine fire has been burning beneath the borough since 1962.
Byrnesville was one of the casualties of the Centralia mine fire. In late 1983, the 98th United States Congress approved $42 million to help move families impacted by the fire. Relocation offers were extended to residents in Byrnesville and Centralia. [3] The last home in Byrnesville was torn down in 1996, which spelled the end for the town.
In 1942, Office of War Information photographer John Collier visited the Montour No. 4 Mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company in Pennsylvania.
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The scope of the effort was scaled down after authorities concluded 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard is not likely to have survived what could have been a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into a damp, dark hole where coal mining ended seven decades ago. After overnight snowfall left a thin coating on the ground, work crews were maneuvering a bulldozer and ...