Unseen Danger: A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire

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Award-winning journalist David DeKok tells, for the first time, how the Centralia mine fire actually began in 1962. He shows how local, state and federal government officials failed to take effective action, allowing the fire to transport underneath the small town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. By early 1981, the fire used to be sending deadly gases into homes, forcing the federal government to put in gas alarms. A 12-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole within the ground wrenched open by the fire’s heat on Valentine’s Day as the region’s congressman toured nearby. DeKok tells how the people of Centralia banded together to demand lend a hand from the federal government, in the end winning money to relocate much of the town.

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