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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.
"Even though there's a lot of moisture in the air, the fire is still active," Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford summarized in an interview on 105.1 FM Thursday morning. "The big concern around that ...
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.
According to the Village of Ruidoso, the South Fork fire totaled 15,261 acres as of 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, and the Salt Fire was 5,550 acres. Both have 0 percent containment.
Photos and videos circulating on social media Wednesday showed two popular Ruidoso-area businesses were among the approximately 1,400 structures that had burned to the ground in the South Fork Fire.
Articles and categories related to coal mining disasters in Pennsylvania Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in Pennsylvania" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Another fire, the Salt Fire, is also burning across 4,876 acres in the Mescalero Reservation, Otero County, and southwest of Ruidoso, and is 0% contained. Weather conditions are similar Tuesday to ...
The Laurel Run mine fire is an underground mine fire near the communities of Laurel Run and Georgetown, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The fire started burning in 1915 at the Red Ash Coal Mine. Attempts to control it lasted from 1915 to 1957 and recommenced in 1966. [1]