Centralia, Pennsylvania, Is Famous For Its Fires That Are Burning Underground Indefinitely, Making The Town A Ghost Town. But Some Think The Fire Was Government Made.
In 1962, the town of Centralia lit a landfill on fire to get rid of its trash, but the fire spread throughout the coal mines that laid under the town. Eventually, the fires made the town unsafe, forcing people to move away. The fire still burns today.
Some believe there’s more to the story. There are people who think the government started the fire to force people out of the town so it could collect billions of dollars worth of coal. According to local Pennsylvania news site PennLive, however, whatever coal might still be down there is worth far less.
