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Centralia still smolders 64 years after mine fire that created a ghost town

Here's why visitors from around the world still flock to the nearly erased Pennsylvania coal town.

Published Sep 20, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

CENTRALIA — The town burned from beneath by the coal that created it has all but vanished.