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A mine fire has been burning since May 1962 in central Pennsylvania under a town called Centralia.
The carbon monoxide and other toxic gasses given off from the burning coal has made it unsafe for residence of Centralia forcing most to relocate.

The fire started when trash was burned in a open pit that had a coil vain near the surface connecting it to the coil deeper in the ground. Once this coil vain caught fire it spread to the coil reserve deep beneath the earth. The fire has been burning ever since.

I never heard about The Centralia Mine Fire until recently. I never knew that a mine fire could burn for so long. Some engineers are speculating that the Centralia Mine Fire may burn for another 100 years before it runs out of fuel.
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