Episode 2-Centralia PA mine fire

The Centralia, PA underground mine fire is believed to have started in May, 1962. It still burns today and has closed the town down.

While I really wanted to provide some photos here on the episode pages, getting permission to use someone else’s picture is either nearly impossible, or costs money. So I will simply direct you elsewhere on the intra-nets and you can investigate further, or not, as you see fit.

Episode Bibliography:

**David DeKok, Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire.
**https://www.huffpost.com/entry/this-abandoned-pennsylvania-town-has-been-on-fire-for-53-years_n_55df6490e4b08dc09486d4a0

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/01/pictures/130108-centralia-mine-fire/

**Centralia documentary, on YouTube.  “The Town That Was”

What is Anthracite Coal?

**http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/coaltattoo/2010/02/08/the-fire-still-burns-centralias-last-days/  has a good map. 
**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow4UERykRbg done in 1982, so it is dated, but lots of info.
**http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/06/04/centralia_a_town_in_pennsylvania_destroyed_by_a_mine_fire.html

**https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pa-residents-living-above-mine-200344503.html

**http://www.thedaytheearthcavedin.com/ by Joan Quigley, author of the 2nd theory on the origin of the fire.
**The podcast The Dollop episode 68 also covers this incident.  This is also quite a good podcast, covering many aspects of American history, co-hosted by a couple of comedians.  The language can get a bit blue, bit it is very funny. If 4-letter words don’t bother you, check them out.
**https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fire-in-the-hole-77895126/