The Town Centralia, PA has been on fire since 1962.
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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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