Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy Of The Centralia Mine Fire

by David DeKok

Book Overview

How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000-not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state's tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762754273
• ISBN13: 9780762754274
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"