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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.
Jun. 19—Wildfires in and around Ruidoso continued to increase in size overnight into Wednesday morning, after claiming the life of a man and forcing the evacuation of Ruidoso Downs on Tuesday.
As of midmorning Thursday, the South Fork Fire had burned 16,335 acres and the Salt Fire had burned 7,071, a total of over 23,000 acres combined and the same numbers reported around noon Wednesday ...
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.
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.
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]