Friday, January 27, 2006

Helltown USA

Since the summer of 1962, a fire, fueled by rich anthracite coal deposits, has been burning beneath the mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. Worst case scenario? It'll take a hundred years to burn out and consume about 3700 acres of land.
posted by Bob at 1/27/2006 08:45:00 AM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit