WOULD YOU LIVE IN A BURNING TOWN

A town has had an underground fire burning since 1962.
CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) -- Standing before the wreckage of his bulldozed home, John Lokitis Jr. felt sick to his stomach, certain that a terrible mistake had been made.


He'd fought for years to stay in the house. It was one of the few left standing in the moonscape of Centralia, a once-proud coal town whose population fled an underground mine fire that began in 1962 and continues to burn. read the full article or watch the video here.


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