The Town Centralia, PA has been on fire since 1962.
Coal seam fires are nothing new, but Centralia’s is the United States’ worst and one of history’s most devastating. Before the 1962 fire, Centralia had been a mining center for over a century. Home to a rich deposit of anthracite coal, the town was incorporated after mining began in the 1850s.
Source: https://www.history.com/news/mine-fire-burning-more-50-years-ghost-town
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