Centralia: The Town That’s Been Burning for Over 60 Years 🔥🇺🇸 Hidden in Pennsylvania lies one of the strangest ghost towns in American history — a place where the ground has been on fire since 1962. Centralia was once a small but thriving coal-mining town with over 1,000 residents, busy streets, schools, churches, and local businesses. Today, it’s nearly abandoned, with smoke still rising from cracks in the earth. #documentary #documentaryfilm #storytelling #altivexgeo #geography | Altivex Ge

126K views · 2.1K reactions | A U.S. town exploded underground — and the fire is still burning today. Centralia, Pennsylvania, sits atop a coal mine that caught fire in 1962. The fire spread underground, creating sinkholes, toxic gas leaks, and temperatures that melted roads. The town was evacuated, buildings demolished… but the fire keeps burning. Scientists say it could continue for another 250 years. | What Is This? | Facebook