The Centralia Coal Seam Fire Collapse of 1981 (Episode 3, Remastered)

In Episode 3 we go to Centralia, Pennsylvania to explore a disaster that's much bigger than it looks from downtown. You'll hear all about mine fires, the slow and dangerous death of Centralia, and how failures at the city, county, state and federal levels started and worsened an enormous underground fire  - one that's expected to burn for the next 250 years. 

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"How an Underground Fire Destroyed an Entire Town", Morton, E., for Slate. 2014.

"Centralia, Pennsylvania: Hell on Earth!", Bolognese, A., 1982

"Unseen Danger", DeKok, D., 1986

"Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire", DeKok, D., 2010

"Centralia Fire", PBS Special. 1982.

"The Last Residents of Centralia", Journeyman Pictures. 2003

Notes: Remastered 6/30/22 - The audio is still a little tinny on Greg's voice, but the vocal balance should be better.