It became a model of silent hill, the fire in the mine in Centralia continued for 45 years

GIGAZINE From the reader I learned that there was a fire that has been going on in Pennsylvania state in the USA for 45 years. That is what is called "fire in the mine in Centralia", I intended to have disposed of waste at the garbage disposal site in May of 1962, but the fire was actually burning in the underground vein , It was a situation that you could not put your hands on when you noticed.

Because it is difficult to extinguish the fire, it is said that Centralia that residents have left has become a ghost town and became a model of the town of "Silent Hill" where it became games and movies.

Details are as follows.
Centralia Pennsylvania Underground Mine Fire burning since 1962 in Centralia PA.

A town in the 1960s. It looks pretty prosperous.




Mine around 1963.


A landscape around 1985.


Now the abandoned house has been torn down and it is quite refreshing.


It seems to be the place where the first fire occurred.


White smoke rises from the ground.


Signs to inform the risk of underground fire.


The old stump has become a ventilation opening.


Where we were main street, now the house is gone.


Abandoned abandoned shop.




Siren of the town.


Pennsylvania State Route 61 which leads to Centralia.


However, it is broken by the influence of the fire, it is disabled.


A river where wastewater from the mine flows.


The fire still continues in the basement.


The movie that is visiting Centralia is here.
YouTube - "Footage from the real Silent Hill" Centralia, PA


This place is around here.
Centralia - Google Maps


Due to the cost of fire extinguishment and technical problems, the government gave up extinguishing the fire and the residents of Centralia decided to leave the town and the town became a ghost town. It seems that people who do not want to leave the land still continue to live in Centralia, but the fire in the basement does not fit and it seems that it takes over 100 years to extinguish the fire.

Konami's horror adventure game "Silent Hill" and the town which is the stage of the movie made based on the game is said to be a model of this Centralia.

Silent Hill SILENT HILL

Silent Hill (Movie) - Wikipedia

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Central fire in the Centralia - Wikipedia