Author Topic: Centralia, PA. The fire will burn for 100 - 250 years...  (Read 295 times)

esteban

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Centralia, PA. The fire will burn for 100 - 250 years...
« on: March 29, 2006, 08:18:31 PM »
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479

Moral of the story: Don't burn trash in a coal mine.
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GUTS

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Centralia, PA. The fire will burn for 100 - 250 years...
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2006, 06:18:59 AM »
Thats insane, kinda like that fire in the rubber tire landfill that they can't put out somewhere (can't remember where, I saw it on PBS or something).

FM-77

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Centralia, PA. The fire will burn for 100 - 250 years...
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2006, 07:25:04 AM »
That was an extremely interesting read...  :o


And this is also very interesting: "The odd history of Centralia is used in the upcoming movie Silent Hill."