Centralia PA the Mine Fire Ghost town

Smoke rises out of the ground, the smell of sulfur is in the air, the ground collapses as homes are destroyed. Science fiction? Think again. This is Centralia Pennsylvania, where a town was destroyed by a 40 plus year old mine fire. Read More about the Centralia Mine Fire Here .... Centralia.Offroaders.com

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• Mine
• Fire
• Centralia
• PA
• Ghosttown

[cboyles1989]

Silent Hill wasn't filmed there, it was just used as inspiration.

[Offroadersdotcom]

@cboyles1989 You are correct.

[sammy6nips]

i would like to go here and buy pyramid head a pint.

[JaMpNuMBerONE]

ive been here

[tirckyspeed]

@AmberWolfpaw

not really

[AmberWolfpaw]

centralia is the place they filmmed silent hill

[randomisnotgood]

Was there 2 days ago during vacation...this place was horrid, and where the coal mine used to be is still smoking lol.

[bullpuky]

@eroc2689 ...well not really. Centralia was built upon the coal industry which had already declined considerably long before this coal fire. This area, once known as Bull's Tavern had a peak population of over 2000 and by the 1980's it was down to 1100 partially due to the lack of jobs in the area. Just like any other depressed small town in the coal regions of Pennsylvania.

[eroc2689]

really sad story.. you can imagine this town probably had a happy future ahead of it with high expectations before the fire

[offamychain]

@dslgunner1977 Go there all the time & you'd only take about 30 years off your life. No Chernobyl, no radiation .... only Carbon Monoxide - occasionally fatal amounts in small areas, Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen levels sometimes 75% of normal, Methane - sometimes explosive levels, & other cool gases which only do harm to the body. Too, you may get blasted by a jet of steam hot enough to make your skin slip off, or be roasted if the ground opens up beneath you, which happened at least once. Fun Fun.