"If they don't do something soon, this town will be dead," said a resident who lost his home to the worsening mine fire beneath Centralia. The fire...
Environmental hazards in Centralia have been caused by seams of uncontrolled underground coal burning. The town of Centralia had to be evacuated...
Lamar Mervine, the Mayor of Centralia, Pennsylvania, 13th March 2000. The town, situated in the deep mining area of Pennsylvania, was evacuated in...
View of smoke and toxic fumes from an underground coal seam fire, Centralia, Pennsylvania, July 1992. The town was largely abandoned due to the fire...
Environmental hazards in Centralia have been caused by seams of uncontrolled underground coal burning. The town of Centralia had to be evacuated...
Burning seams of underground coal poison the land and the air, causing ultimately the evacuation of the entire town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. This...
Lamar Mervine, the Mayor of Centralia, Pennsylvania, 13th March 2000. The town, situated in the deep mining area of Pennsylvania, was evacuated in...
Environmental hazards in Centralia have been caused by seams of uncontrolled underground coal burning. The town of Centralia had to be evacuated...
View of smoke and toxic fumes escaping, via a bore hole, from an underground coal seam fire, Centralia, Pennsylvania, July 1992. An uprooted 'No...
Environmental hazards in Centralia, Pennsylvania have been caused by seams of uncontrolled underground coal burning. The issue of resettlement and...
View of smoke and toxic fumes from an underground coal seam fire, Centralia, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1982. The town was largely abandoned due to the...
Environmental hazards in Centralia have been caused by seams of uncontrolled underground coal burning. The town of Centralia had to be evacuated...
Area resident Tom Larkin demonstrates how heat from an underground coal fire can fry eggs in a skillet, Centralia, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1981....
Area resident Tom Larkin demonstrates how heat from an underground coal fire can frys eggs in a skillet, Centralia, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1981....
Lamar Mervine, the Mayor of Centralia, Pennsylvania, 13th March 2000. The town, situated in the deep mining area of Pennsylvania, was evacuated in...
Lamar Mervine, the Mayor of Centralia, Pennsylvania, adjusts a 'We Love Centralia' sign, 13th March 2000. The town, situated in the deep mining area...
Lamar Mervine, the Mayor of Centralia, Pennsylvania, 13th March 2000. The town, situated in the deep mining area of Pennsylvania, was evacuated in...
Portrait of Centralia Borough Council member Ed Polites as he stands amid smoke and dead trees, caused by an underground coal seam fire, Centralia,...
Portrait of married couple Joan and Louis Girolami, both of the Concerned Citizens Organized Against the Centralia Mine Fire, as they stand behind a...
June 2022, US, Centralia: Harold Mervine's home sits on a road in Centralia. When the fatal fire broke out in the Centralia mining district, Harold...
View of an uprooted 'No Trespassing' sign on the ground in Centralia, Pennsylvania, July 1992. The town was largely abandoned due to an underground...
Lamar Mervine, the Mayor of Centralia, Pennsylvania, 13th March 2000. The town, situated in the deep mining area of Pennsylvania, was evacuated in...
Environmental hazards in Centralia, Pennsylvania have been caused by seams of uncontrolled underground coal burning. The issue of resettlement and...
View of an uprooted 'No Trespassing' sign on the ground, Centralia, Pennsylvania, July 1992. The town was largely abandoned due to an underground...
June 2022, US, Centralia: Harold Mervine's home sits on a road in Centralia. When the fatal fire broke out in the Centralia mining district, Harold...
June 2022, US, Centralia: An old sofa is overgrown with plants next to a path in Centralia. A coal fire had turned the once thriving town in the US...
June 2022, US, Centralia: Harold Mervine's home sits on a road in Centralia. When the fatal fire broke out in the Centralia mining district, Harold...
June 2022, US, Centralia: "Freedom" is written in large letters next to a house in the ghost town of Centralia. Five people still live here,...
Illustration depicts the scene at the murder of mining superintendent Alexander Rae, allegedly through a Molly Maguire ambush, as Rae traveled to the...
View of a sulfur dioxide detection tube held over a capped borehole from an underground coal fire , Centralia, Pennsylvania, early June, 1981....
June 2022, US, Centralia: Harold Mervine walks to the weed-covered former baseball field in Centralia. He wasn't even a teenager when the fatal fire...
June 2022, US, Centralia: Harold Mervine stands in front of the weed-covered former baseball field in Centralia. He wasn't even a teenager when the...
June 2022, US, Centralia: Harold Mervine stands outside his home in Centralia. When the fatal fire broke out in the Centralia mining district, he...
June 2022, US, Centralia: Father Francis DeRosa is standing on a street in Centralia. He is passing through and somewhat frightened by the town and...
June 2022, US, Centralia: A few cars drive along a street in the ghost town of Centralia at nightfall. A coal fire had turned the once thriving town...
Portrait of Catharene Jurgill and her two daughters as they stand outside their house, Centralia, Pennsylvania, July 1992. Like many homes in the...
June 2022, US, Centralia: Harold Mervine walks down a street in Centralia. When the fatal fire broke out in the Centralia mining district, he wasn't...
June 2022, US, Centralia: A U.S. Flag stands next to grass stones in a cemetery in Centralia. A coal fire had turned the once thriving town in the US...
June 2022, US, Centralia: U.S. Flags stand next to grass stones in a cemetery in Centralia. A coal fire had turned the once thriving town in the US...