Centralia, Pennsylvania, once reliant on coal mining, has been plagued by an underground fire for nearly six decades. Triggered by a landfill fire in 1962, efforts to extinguish it were abandoned in the 1990s after costing $7 million. Despite the risks, a handful of residents persist, but with coal reserves underneath, the fire could endure for another 250 years. #darkfact

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