Nearly 20 years after a mine fire ignited under Centralia, Pa., residents who still lived in the town had a dilemma on their hands - should they take a $25 million federal buyout or try to dig up part ...

This coal town once had homes, businesses, and schools, but toxic gases and sinkholes forced nearly everyone to leave. Only a handful of residents remain in Centralia, Pennsylvania, surrounded by ...

Centralia is famous for being abandoned after an underground coal fire rendered the town near uninhabitable. The White Hall fire itself may have been burning for at least 100 years.

In its second town hall of the year Tuesday evening, the Police Department found itself answering similar questions as it did during the first event in March. Chief Andy Caldwell, Commander Buddy Croy ...

Centralia, Pennsylvania Credit: flickr It sounds like something out of a horror movie: a coal mine fire burning beneath an entire town—since 1962.