Ever Heard Of This Place?

I'd vaguely heard the name before, but didn't know anything about the place itself. It's a small mostly deserted mining community called Centralia, located in Pennsylvania, USA. I found an article about it on Digg.com this morning. The story goes that in 1962, some miners lit some garbage on fire in an abandoned strip mine. Unbeknownst at the time, the fire ignited a rather large vein of Anthracite Coal, and (get this) has been burning and smouldering under the town for the last 44 years. They tried to put the fire out, but obviously had no luck.

Click here for more information (with loads of pictures)

It amazes me though that people still live there, although not many.

Enjoy,

~Frostilicus~