The Centralia fire is a coal mine fire that has been burning in Pennsylvania since 1962. Learn the story of the fire, what caused it, and environmental concerns. Skip to content ...

CENTRALIA — Ted Pilz lost his job as a mechanic this week when Washington’s only coal mine shut down. So on Wednesday he headed there for one last task. He had to pick up his tools. During his ...

Few people knew the TransAlta coal mine outside Centralia was shutting before the gates actually closed Monday. But a lot of people saw it coming. A cascade of forces helped make the closure ...

This is why coal mine fires can blaze for centuries. Today, the Centralia fire covers six square miles and spreads 75 feet per year . Shockingly, it could burn for another 250 years.

Centralia Coal Co.'s Mine No. 5 in Wamac, Ill., a town just south of Centralia. At 3:27 p.m. on March 25, 1947, an explosion deep in the mine killed or doomed 111 of the 142 miners who were below ...

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 1983 file photo, smoke rises from the ground in Centralia, Pa., where and uncontrolled underground mine fire rages. More than fifty years ago, a fire at the town dump ...

On this day in 1947, a coal mine in Centralia, Ill., exploded, killing 111 miners. We take a look back at how the disaster affected the community.

CALGARY, Alberta — A Canadian company has shut down its 35-year-old coal mine in Centralia, Wash., throwing 600 people out of work, but plans to keep a major generating plant running with coal ...

CENTRALIA -- Newly unemployed mine workers packed a union hall here Tuesday, looking for work, unemployment benefits and friendly faces after a Canadian company shut down its increasingly costly ...

On this day in 1947, a coal mine in Centralia, Ill., exploded, killing 111 miners. We take a look back at how the disaster affected the community.

In the late 1800s, The area around Oregon's Coos Bay had over 70 coal mines.Later, Washington's biggest coal mine in Centralia supplied the Bonneville Power Administration with electricity.