America’s burning ghost town: The Pennsylvania ghost town that has been burning since 1962, left with only 5 residents and a fire that may last another century

For more than sixty years, a relentless underground coal fire has consumed Centralia, Pennsylvania, turning it into a ghost town. It began in 1962 when a fire from a landfill spread into old mine tunnels. Despite government relocation efforts, a handful of residents remained. Meanwhile, the fire continues to burn quietly, with the possibility of lasting for another hundred years.

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