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This Town Has Been on Fire for 50 Years

Very few residents remain in Centralia, Pennsylvania. Why? Well, for starters, the once-bustling mining town has been on fire for over five decades. In 1962, the Centralia city council proposed an idea to clean up a local landfill in time for Memorial Day festivities.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.