The silent video of seeing the glow of the fire in the cracks of the earth was haunting. Thank you for uploading this.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@bruno8241

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, like the worlds largest Underground coke plant 😮 that is unbelievable😮

Wouldn’t you hate to be that one guy that started the fire and secretly knows it.

@keeblah1111

4 жыл бұрын

It was supposed to be a controlled fire by the town at the dump, the town did it every year back then

@Zoza15

3 жыл бұрын

Man!, that means you are a psychopath sitting among your victims then.

@RayvenFeather

Жыл бұрын

According to another video about it the government actually started it. As the other commenter said, the did indeed have a big dumping place by the town and they’d burn it every year. Legislation changes outlawed this so then a bunch of illegal dumping zones opened up. Then they decided to take an old mine and make that their dumping zone to get rid of all the illegal sites. That’s where the fire started. They tried to do a controlled burn but the fire just wouldn’t go out. When the town started to talk about potential solutions, they covered up the origin of the fire.

I'm glad that you rescued this videotape from the former Mayor's home. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

This is in my area and it is beyond heartbreaking and sad. The efforts to save this little town have never gone unnoticed over the years since 1962. Even up til this past October 2018 when they hosted the 5th Annual Centralia Cleanup. So many people have gone there to visit Graffiti Highway and to get a first hand experience of what it is today, that so many have thrown their trash all over of what is left there today. Even though it is no longer recognized as the coal mining town that put them on the map, they are now known as Pennsylvania's Lost Town, due to their unfortunate events that took place. It's a shame that so many people had to lose their homes that they thought they would live in for the rest of their lives, but it was "Home" to more than 1,000 residents and only 7 remained in 2013. Even though it's abandoned, that doesn't give people the right to use it as their personal dumping ground. I wish that people could understand that and if they really want to help, maybe instead of bringing their cameras and their garbage, maybe they should get involved in the next annual clean up day or donate to help at least restore what beauty remains... www.centraliapa.org/help-cleanup-centralia-5th-annual-cleanup-day-october-20-2018/

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% with you. No matter where i go to film historic or abandoned places. All i see is vandalism, graffiti, trash everywhere. Its sickening and childish. Thanks for making mention of a very important topic about a town that will never be forgotten.

@joearkle1327

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with u i live in England if I ever had the chance I would come to centrila and help clean up but the chances are I'll never get there as I'm 62 now

@ourparanormalworld

4 жыл бұрын

WELL SAID AND I'VE LIVED IN AN AMERICAN TOWN THAT IS FAST BECOMING A CITY. I WENT TO SCHOOL CABOT, ARKANSAS, ALBEIT I AM AND WAS BORN A BRITISH ROYAL PRINCESS THAT IRONICALLY SOMEBODY PICKED UP ON AT AN EVENT. IN 1976, A KILLER F5 TORNADO LITERALLY DESTROYED THE ENTIRE CITY. HOWEVER, WE HAD A DECENT STATE GOVERNOR AND OUR MAYOR LOVED BY EVERYONE FOUGHT FOR OUR TOWN TO GET FUNDING TO REBUILD. WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST REBUILD AWAY FROM THE FIRES, INSTEAD OF FORCING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES? IF THEY COULD SAVE MY TOWN THAT HAS MY HEART AND MY CHILDHOOD HOME IS STILL LIVED IN THEN THEY COULD HAVE SAVED THAT TOWN. IT WAS A BUNCH OF INCOMPETENT BEAUROCRATS THAT KILLED A TOWN AND HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HISTORY GOING TO BE DESTROYED WITH IT. ANYBODY THAT ADDS RUBBISH AND DOESN'T RESPECT THE MEMORY OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE AND WHAT FEW DO SHOULDN'T GO TO CENTRALIA TO DUMP THEIR RUBBISH. THEY SHOULD DUMP IT AT HOME AND LEAVE THE LEGACY OF CENTRALIA TO THOSE OF US THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW A DISASTER CAN DESTROY A TOWN, BUT DOESN'T WANT OR NEED PEOPLE DISRESPECTING THE MEMORIES AND HOMES OF THOSE PEOPLE ALBEIT NATURE HAS RECLAIMED.

@EM.1

4 жыл бұрын

If I’m not wrong now only 5 people lives in Centralia. Edit the main problem is that the remaining residents are elderly so when someone die due to age the population is destined to progressively lower to 0.

Unbelievably worthwhile footage in the name of Centralia's history. It would be worthwhile to return to Centralia and interview one of the remaining residents ....a 30 something young man who opens up the cemetery gates every day, decorates the town for Christmas and is committed to the community's legacy. The history of this community is not over.....there is more documentation needed. Thank you for your effort.

Great footage. Glad you saved these. Its really sad to see it all gone.

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks dani

Thanks for you time and effort to assemble and post this valuable, rare footage!

What's so sad is how long some of the residents held on, dug their heels into the ground, only to have to leave anyway. I can't imagine the longterm impact on the environment, & the town's people. It's amazing some were able to stay as long as they did, without debilitating symptoms. As nature reclaims the town, I hope that life thrives in this area again. What a huge, embarrassing "oops" for us humans. Thanks for that amazing old footage!!

Great documentary on this called The Town that Was. One of the best documentaries I've seen.

The government really screwed this town over

@jacobrzeszewski6527

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but if an ignorant child were standing in the middle of a road, would you feel right doing nothing until he got hit or would you want to do something.

@larrybensley9410

4 жыл бұрын

The government screwed us in bushkill pa to to build a dam that never came

@hootinouts

4 жыл бұрын

The government screws everything over and screws everything up.

@rocketcab

4 жыл бұрын

@ Engine201.... if you knew the real story behind who and what caused the fire.... not to mention the town's procrastination in seeking outside assistance, to begin with.... you'd be less likely to blame the federal government and more likely to hold the town folk responsible.... Watch the feature-length documentary "the Town that Was"....

@dontwanttojoingoogle1799

3 жыл бұрын

You didn't spell "the idiot town residents shouldn't have lit the landfill on fire when it was so close to coal mines, and they shouldn't have been given 42 million dollars by the government to relocate because that's called socialism." correctly.

Love your videos, clearly from my area, and you've made it some places I didn't get to explore personally yet , and some I've been out to see myself. Keep up the great work preserving our history.

@JPVideos81

7 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoy my videos, more to come...

Good Save!!!!! I had a college class for my degree in fire science where we came up with a plan of action to extinguish the fire. We based it off the mine fire in Eastern Kentucky. Researched costs, materials, labor, equipment, etc. And based it off of the dollar value back then and current value. Some of traveled down there and had the officials meet us as we presented it to them. The gentleman in charge just laughed at us. Total cost back then was $3.4 million. Today's cost was $200+ million.

Very, very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to put this all together.

I am so glad you saved this video from the old mayors house. It is an Amazing Piece Of History and is now Preserved!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

💙

Really good of you to share this. It’s a fascinating story; and incredibly sad. Thanks for posting. 👍

It's hard to get an idea for how deep the holes go because they're just so bright. Some of them look like they're right under the surface, others look like they could go several meters down. I'd been thinking you could potentially get inside part of the mine shaft, but if the flames are able to just fill up the entire tunnels, then I guess not! This is really interesting and valuable footage- it should get submitted to some sort of historical archive or something. Thank you!

Good morning Jp this was well worth the full watch like all your videos. It's quite remarkable that all these years later it still burns. It's crazy that with all the heat that there weren't bush fires etc. I love that there's still people who live here still even now I've found it really fascinating and intriguing. Appreciate the upload have a blessed rest of your weekend mate

Great compilation, thank you! This made me remember how Centralia looked in my childhood. I haven't seen the old route 61 two lane since the 90's.

Awesome Video! Pretty sure i watched this already, but i just re-watched it and really really neat historical footage on such a crazy party of our countries history!! thanks for putting this together JP, you rock!

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Was such a lucky find in that abandoned house. Thanks for checking it out.

I miss the time in which grandmothers were nice, had curly hair, lots of antique furniture and would buy ice cream or candy when their grandchildren came to visit.

@Ember2remember

Жыл бұрын

My midwest grandmother was just like this! Up until 2022.

I think there's talk of the fire spreading to a nearby town now. 😣

@Jennifermcintyre

Жыл бұрын

It’s already taken out Centralia, Byrnsville and heading towards Ashland.. and there’s nothing stopping it from getting there it appears. What’s really sad is the fire was mostly located on the southern most side of Centralia and the concept of moving people to the other side of town was not a bad idea! It makes you really wonder what the real reason for forcing people out of Centralia.

I love watching old footage.

The more time goes by the more we see most of the town never needed to leave. At this point you are hard pressed to find new vents.

Wow! Great that you have saved those VHS videos! Also because there's not much left of Centralia, except for a cemetary and a church ... I sometimes think that goverments want to put things behind closed doors by acting in the ways they do ... But fortunately, there are those VHS tapes you have saved!

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Something told me to rescue it before it was gone.

@yeapsystar

5 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 Well that's great! ALWAYS follow your intuition! It never lies

@yeapsystar

5 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 BTW ... I wonder what happened with mayor Devine in a meanwhile ... She looks quite classy and straight out of a Hollywood movie with her hair and her overall appearance ;-) But she seems to be a nice lady though!

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

@@yeapsystar probably the best looking mayor around at that time.

Mr Jp you have this one, Good history and good information about Centralia PA I'm from Philadelphia , this a awesome content 🤗😍 Love your videos too

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks esther

I finally had time to watch the whole video. This was amazing. I can't believe how the flames were just shooting from the ground and 61 was open with a school bus driving down it. That is so crazy.

@JPVideos81

7 жыл бұрын

jeffgrantMEDIA i wish we were able to witness some of that ourselves. and that video confirmed that those metal pipes with fencing around them were vent pipes.

@simonhusky67

7 жыл бұрын

only about 3/4 mile of Route 61 was relocated..(now knows as grafitti Highway)....all the original Route is still there.

@sheepdavis

4 жыл бұрын

That's central PA for you!

It is heartbreaking to think that a town went through this catastrophe.

Great video. Thank you for the upload 😀

@JPVideos81

3 жыл бұрын

No problem

Thank you for sharing this. It's very important history.

This is so interesting! Thanks for sharing!

The people at that meeting remind me of the people showing up at school board meetings today

Seeing the fire come out of the vents like that is hellish and ghastly. I've walked among the vents before but only ever seen steam.

JP, that makes my hair almost stand on end that you just picked up this lone VHS tape in the former mayor's house whom is now deceased, prior to the house being torn down. Holy moly! Was the VHS tape the only thing in the house?

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Just search abandoned centralia house and look for the one with my name on it. You'll see what was left.

@speedracer1945

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the 80s . Most residents you see in the video are most likely dead or moved . I dislike them tearing down buildings and home since its history. People who take care of the cemetery will soon be gone as the grass and weeds will grow over them fading demise of the towns founding residents.

This video you found is fascinating----like the haunting image of the curtains in some scenes-figure a reflection off the screen of the TV you recorded from?Funky and kinda cool!

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@TheExplosiveGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I noticed that too, I figured it was recorded off a tv screen.

Never seen the news footage from all this. Great job jp

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky find from the abandoned mayors house.

@sfopaladin2661

5 ай бұрын

@@JPVideos81 ... Great detective work JP!! You have the instincts of a great videographer. Keep up the good work. Don't stop now. Good luck 💥 👈👍 😎

I'm pretty sure that guy named Napoleon who was interviewed in that first local news clip was the one who recorded/compiled this video. I would be surprised if it were anyone else. Anyway, I've had a fascination with this incident since first reading about it on the EPA's Superfunds site back in the early 2000s, so this was a treat! But yeah, an improved-quality upload would be much appreciated, as others have told you already.

@natewrites7803

5 жыл бұрын

If it were Napoleon, why was this tape discovered in the mayor's (the old male mayor ) home, prior to the home's demolition?

wow, jp this is the missing link I needed, it puts it into historical context, now I need to ponder on it for a while.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

👍

Thank you for sharing this. So scary and heartbreaking :-(

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching it

Thanks for this footage....it needs to be seen. Those poor people! Lets see the government lose their homes and everything theyve known. The mayor and "agressive women" had it right!!!!!

So sad to see a complete community going downhill because of someone's neglect.

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Its very unfortunate

The distortion in this video

28:00 is the thumbnail

cool video man liked it cool to see that old footage

@JPVideos81

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching it

@Wistful77

6 жыл бұрын

Just curious, is that from the VCR tape in the mayor's house? very interesting.

I guess this is where they got the idea for the setting for the silent hill video games? I had never heard of this until a friend of mine moving to Pennsylvania mentioned internet was rough in eastern Pennsylvania. Got curious about the topography of the state and that eventually led me to stories of this place. I’m amazed by stories like this and thankful I was seemingly born after the era of disasters related to unsafe means of energy production.

@mAjeStic.716

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Silent Hill came from the idea of Centralia

How interesting ...so much visual history for that area would have been lost if you had not rescued this video. It tells the complete story ..and the quality of the picture wasn't bad at all. Thanks for sharing it.

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad i found this and rescued it.

Wow, the night footage of the fire is creepy. As an aside, I must say that Centralia had one fine looking mayor.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

😁

great job

Great video. I wonder if the government could have done more to put out the fire,

Nice to see some old footage! :)

@JPVideos81

7 жыл бұрын

Curacao Life [Urban Explorations] gives everyone an idea how bad of shape that town used to be in.

@CuracaoLife

7 жыл бұрын

JPVideos Yeah!

I live in Harrisburg and I wasn't born yet when this happened but I'm glad I got to see this footage because I've asked some people around here and they remember ALL this but they just put their heads down....they knew it was BAD for the town. Eventually I'm going up there ...I just got the vehicle I need to take a trip

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

Its not very exciting, but still a neat place to check out. Graffiti hwy is the best part.

@misfits123

5 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 Its really a shame there's not much there and I want to be respectful as well. I just want to see this land that had a town before everything happened. I heard some people still go to the church up there who's from Centralia. A lot of folks still believe they couldve stayed there regardless especially now??😥😔

Great at news footage. Unbelievable this fire is still going.

Hey jp where did you get the tapes transferred by chance

Really sad what was done and could have been handled different. Glad at least it was stopped from spreading to other towns, just really sad, thx for sharing

The exposed fire reminds me of looking into a lava tube skylight. Impressive!

Thanks for the upload homie, very cool.

There's something about this just as disturbing now as it was then.

I seen all the Centralia videos and all are sad but to my surprise I never know that it was a under ground mine fire that being burning for many years and to know its still burning is amazing but great videos thanks JP for the history lesson

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Great video

@JPVideos81

3 жыл бұрын

👍

Very interesting

My Granny was born and raised there Gillespie was her maiden name She left town with a traveling Bricklayer

Treh57 productions suggested this. Here I go to watch 🙏🕊️

I love the blue-white flames, oh man that is hot

That fire is so scary, and so near that church. I would be scared to death knowing a fire is burning under ground. I feel bad for all the people that lived in Centralia and had to move and basically start all over in there lives. Fire scares the heck out of me in the first place, but those poor people I sure feel for. See steam coming out of the dirt is very weird. Breathing in the sulfuer is very harmful to people. It is very sad this happened and just to show all of us coal is very flammable. Very interesting.

Fire needs oxygen to spread these vents should have been sealed with sand and concrete or special filters let's out gas but not let in oxygen in and yes the government had these filters in 1970s just strange they not use them. I enjoyed video I salute all the women on the council remember Centralia pa

@daviddemarco3905

Жыл бұрын

Played little baseball when some vents were drilled behind the field it gave them some of their readings but as you stated fed the fire with oxygen my Dad was an old coal miner he said the same thing they got a better understanding of the situation but eventually made it worse

Are these the tapes from the house you explored in the same town?

@JPVideos81

7 жыл бұрын

yes, i felt this needed to be saved and shared, probably not another copy of it around.

@JustinaLynn

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you saved it and shared it to the world, or it would be lost forever. ;)

@DayNNyteDJs

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 I'm so glad you kept this. What a great documentary. I'm sure the previous owner would be happy you shared it.

WHOA!! That hair!

I remember reading about the Armycore of engineers concidering looking into putting it out

I've noticed that this looks like this is from the early 1990s centralia,I wonder when some of these people really started to leave centralia?

@lordmeme_

4 жыл бұрын

Florence Chestnut theres still people there, albeit very few, only 5 as of 2017.

@adamtereska8734

3 жыл бұрын

They started leaving in 1983. At first, they were offering pennies for people's homes, saying take it or leave it. Then they had too many people who said no. So they got to where they were offering double to triple the value of the properties.

Granny dropping some fresh beats! Club remix plz!

@SaltyNationalist

6 жыл бұрын

WHAT UP JUSTIN.... HOW YOU BEEN MAN??

@nancyhicksgribble9799

5 жыл бұрын

Lol everybody sing... Take that fire out!

@galaxywolfplayz4511

4 жыл бұрын

Gather round the campfire and sing our campfire song. C A M P F I R E S O N G song. It will help if you just sing alonggggg

Like Hell on earth!

Wake up CENTRALIA

Sad this had to happen. 😞

Great vintage video from the 80s . The town dwindled down since then . I know graffiti ì art but wish they stop it on history. Notice they don't do it where they live so have respect thats all .

I live in Berks County, just wondering why there would be an issue of Berks and Beyond at the start of this video. Shamokin/Centralia does not get the Berks County newspaper.

@daviddemarco3905

Жыл бұрын

Reading Eagle or Philly inquirer I guess I live in the area

@zackx8147

Жыл бұрын

@@daviddemarco3905 You live in Shamokin and you get the Reading Eagle? Well, everything is mostly digitized now but back then... People got hard copy! I would think the Pottsville Republican/Morning Call is a hell of a lot closer than the Eagle which is in Reading!

Omg i cant even imagine how broken sooo many families are because of this and the few people left there must be destroyed God bless them and if they get to relocate it better be worth it even though theyre pride is deep in their soul so sad what happened

Very lucky on finding the vhs tape. A gift from Carl :)

I know there is Coal under the Town and in a Close Region of the Town at Least Over 10 Miles also Has Coal under it to but it hasnt bursted to Flames THANK GOD But Seriously it shiuld be Put out maybe close it of and Pump Water into it

Where did you find these films by chance were they actually in Centralia itself or were they somewhere else

@JPVideos81

5 жыл бұрын

It was found inside the abandoned mayors home which got torn down.

@mAjeStic.716

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPVideos81 when did she finally up and leave. So sad history has shown that the government bullied even these 7 strong woman and the rest of this community to leave. I'm so fascinated w abandoned things rich in history. To just imagine what went on back in the day

It is now 2020 is this town still burning.? That was very sad, as you will never forget, Is that Chatoli

You need to add a tag with the text- yt:stretch=4:3 This will set the correct aspect ratio. Great video.

The lady at 27:42 is a vibe. 😂 36:18 What a bleak look of a before and after. What a shame.

I THINK THE VIDEO YOU DID EXPLORING THE MAYORS OLD HOUSE WAS PRETTY GOOD.. BUT I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING... THE PROM DRESSES IN THE CLOSET MAY HAVE COME FROM THAT DRESS FACTORY... BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THE FABRICS AND THE STYLE OF DRESS IN THE VIDEO.. KIND OF LOOKS VERY SIMILAR... JUST MY OPINION...

@JPVideos81

6 жыл бұрын

Good possibility

we stopped by what was Centralia. It absolutely broke our hearts. Shame shame shame on those that did this to Centralia, and its people. Never lived in Centralia, but I saw empty plots, no houses, and overgrown streets to nowhere. I stood there and cried. Never forget Centralia, never forget her people, and never ever forget what they did to both.

That fire in Centralia cole mines was unbeleavable, so scarry, a fire under ground.That is the most scariest thing I have ever seen. Man where does one run to. It proable take years before that will ever burn out, there is so much coal in the earth. I feel so bad for the people living there.I really don't think that fire would ever be put out, coal is very flammable. The only thing I am thinking if one could get hell a lot of soil and cover up the hot spots, and then put chunks of heavy rocks over that.

Was this the video tape u preserved from the mayors house?

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Unbelievable that this happened and so sad for the people loosing their house and homes. Once the last citizen is gone, the government will open up a new mine. Anthracite coal is well wanted for steel works and power stations. My brother is an engineer construction and building coal power stations around the world and it is not that easy to change to the crappy chinese coal. It doesn't burn as good. Meaning to change a lot on a power station.

@nancydrew3615

3 жыл бұрын

I believe this too! They are going to wait till all is gone and take over. Then they will do something about it. I was there yesterday. It's strange because there was a home that looks fairly new. What do I know but it wasn't these row homes. It's not an old family or elder living in there. It's bizzare!

@classiccarbuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@nancydrew3615 So the former Mayor and his wife were right back in 2003. The Government basically seized the land through the guise of "Eminent Domain" so they could get their hands on a billion dollars worth of anthracite coal. I'd very much like to see a picture of this newer looking home in Centralia. I want to visit one of these days.

@classiccarbuff

2 жыл бұрын

Certain people who lived in Centralia or governed it have been saying this for years. Of course, the Government denied that it was true or mentioned that if they wanted their anthracite coal, they'd already have it. Well, they've had it for decades now. Not only will a new mine open up, you'll see a whole new Centralia built where the former town once stood.

Can't find anything on this, but do the 4 or five people there have public utilities? I would think all that had to be shut down about the time the gas station was taken out. Some reason I think in a doc from 2010 the' Caretaker' who was driven out, had a gas stove, most likely propane though. Just seem impossible to survive there with no food, water, access.

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

They definitely have utilities

JP. Why do you wanna apologize for the quality of someone else’s videos or the lack of cell phone video technology in the past ?

@JPVideos81

4 жыл бұрын

Because people love to complain

This is reminiscent to Chernobyl in my opinion

They should not have torn down the town imho but preserve it instead but I guess now it's too late 😔

Great video, too bad the mine fire wasn't put out. Too bad Centralia is gone, but I would love to visit Centralia. I think that the government wasn't fair to the citizens, the fire could've been put out but the government was too lazy and treated the citizens like crap. Then over time the fire expanded, I understand they kept running out of money, they could've gotten more money and put it out the right way, not little cheap shots.

@jerimiahshekelstein583

6 жыл бұрын

Harry Kies how do you propose we put the fire out?

@harrykies8213

6 жыл бұрын

Well it's too late now.

@jerimiahshekelstein583

6 жыл бұрын

Harry Kies also mind you water evaporates instantly at the temperatures in the mines so filling the holes and pouring water down into them would just do more damage via pressure and allow more air in also sealing the holes does nothing as well due to the constant amount of gases being spewed out every second which makes new holes to vent pressure. Slurry cannot work because as stated earlier water evaporates leaving more fuel and sand simply melts and adds to the fire and if we continue filling we will have molten glass that will pour out making this town unsavable.

@florencechestnut2270

6 жыл бұрын

Harry Kies I agree with everything you are saying.

@jerimiahshekelstein583

6 жыл бұрын

Florence Chestnut how do you propose we deal with it then?

26:50 "she believes federal and states goverment made a big mistake by moving people out rather than doing something about the fire" it just shows her knowledge about it is lacking in many ways... you cant just put water on it or suffocate it... and its just way to hot to handle... i mean look at that ground glowing and fire ABOVE ground.... i wouldnt be willing to even try to enter that mine to in some magical way put the fire out if it looked like that above ground....

I been there I have a friend has a cabin up there we ride pass the abandoned town

Anyone try "cooking" from the openings where the fires are visible?

Did she really say “I can’t think of one reason why we should have to move out”??? I can think of one. The fire.

they were right, the fire did move on..

@stephanie3848

5 жыл бұрын

I agree because I see no smoke at all there now (2019)

@fireweatherguy

5 жыл бұрын

@@stephanie3848 it's still there,go on a really cold day and you can see it go to the main intersection of town make a right and go about a mile and you can see the steam and smoke like I said you have to go on a cold day to see it really good

silent hill is amazing

@everthevillain188

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is but it has absolutely nothing to do with Centralia.

@hobbyguy9856

3 жыл бұрын

@@everthevillain188 silent hill is based off of Centralia....

@everthevillain188

3 жыл бұрын

@@hobbyguy9856 no it's actually based on a town in West Virginia. The writer said as much.

Instead of trying to put the fire out--wouldn't it be interesting if we could harness the energy released from it!

@TheExplosiveGuy

5 жыл бұрын

It could work but it would be a pretty inefficient, most of the heat is in the bulk of the bedrock around the coal, kind of hard to extract that energy.

@rexoliver7780

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about some of the techniques used for geothermal energy-but could see the problems-the fires are not stable and are changing-it would be a thought to try.

All that unused, untapped energy going to waste. A steam powerplant could power an adjacent town, and run filtration systems.

History, not the good kind 😕