Centralia Documentary: The Town That Was
One of the best documentary films about Centralia PA is The Town That Was by Chris Perkel and Georgie Roland. Released in 2007, the movie tells the emotional story of the Centralia mine fire...
Category: History
How the Mine Fire Nearly Killed Todd Domboski
One of the most amazing and nearly tragic parts of the Centralia, Pennsylvania story occurred on Valentine’s Day, 1981. On this day twelve year old Todd Domboski fell into a hot, steaming hole created...
Centralia Time Capsule to be Opened in 2016
In 1966, only a few years after the Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire began burning, the town buried a time capsule near the local veterans’ memorial. Both were in the lawn of the American Legion...
Centralia Mine Fire Theories
Over the years, there have been numerous ideas about when and how the Centralia mine fire began. Below are the three most often cited theories. #1 – Illegal Dump Cleanup The current prevailing theory...
About Centralia PA and the Mine Fire
Every town has a story. In that sense Centralia, Pennsylvania is like any other town. People lived there and raised families. They attended the local churches and went to nearby schools. Each of them...
