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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.
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]
The South Fork Fire and Salt Fire continue to burn in southern New Mexico.. Since its start on Monday, June 17, the wildfires have burned over 20,000 acres with 0% containment, according to the ...
Several wildfires are now burning in New Mexico. ... Watch live cam of the Village of Ruidoso: New fire start billows smoke over Lincoln County ... U.S. Highway 70 was closed to traffic in the area.
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.
In 1915, a mine fire started in the borough's Red Ash mine. The mine was excavated and, although the fire was declared extinguished in 1973, the fire is still burning. [5] Approximately 166 homes, two grocery stores, a church, a school, and a lumberyard were razed and relocated through a program administered by the Appalachian Regional Commission.
As many as 500 structures may be damaged or destroyed in the village of Ruidoso by the South Fork Fire, which by Tuesday morning had reached nearly 14,000 acres, ... South Fork Fire burns ...