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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Steven White

Deserted town where an underground fire has been burning for more than 60 years

An underground fire that has continually been burning for decades in an American town has forced most of its inhabitants to move out.

Centralia in Pennsylvania on the east coast of the USA was once a busy mining town until the events of May, 1962 altered its future forever.

A fire began in a landfill and spread to the labyrinth of coal mines thousands of feet below the surface.

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