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Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy Of The Centralia Mine Fire

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How a brand new-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town

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For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to simply over 1,000―not atypical for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The explanation: an underground fire that started in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history.

Fire Underground is the completely up to date classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the tale of how the fire if truth be told started and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire used to be spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to in spite of everything win relocation funds―and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.


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