Centralia Mine Fire

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Centralia PA inspires the making of the movie Silent Hill
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RESIDENTS TO SAVE THE BOROUGH OF CENTRALIA - FACT SHEET #6 - MARCH 1984 - This "Fact Sheet" was transcribed from a photocopied, original March 1984 newsletter from a Centralia organization called "Residents To Save The Borough Of Centralia". Read the News Letter here

130th Anniversary of the 1877 Shamokin Uprising and the Great Railroad Strike .. Read More

Centralia Today
A Photo Documentary
of Centralia today.

Centralia Mine
Fire Books

Books About the Centralia Mine Fire Disaster Click Here

Coal town bank tells story of Centralia, Pa.

By Richard McDonnell

Is Centralia Haunted?
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Mine Emergency Response Program
Details from the
Saskatchewan
Mine Rescue Manual

Is there Hope
for Centralia?

Maybe...

Through the use of Nitrogen-Enhanced foam the Pinnacle mine fire was extinguished by Cummins Industries, Inc. Cummins proposes to tackle the Centralia Mine fire and bring an end to the
40 plus year fire.

Read this White Paper which evaluates the effectiveness of remotely applied nitrogen-enhanced foam to aid in efforts to isolate and suppress a mine fire.