Centralia, Pa., a small mining town, caught on fire in 1962 and that fire smolders underground today and will continue to rage after we've left the Earth. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about family, mining, a sense of place and government indifference in episode 30.

Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands

Sources used:

http://files.dep.state.pa.us/Mining/Abandoned%20Mine%20Reclamation/AbandonedMinePortalFiles/Centralia/CentraliaFrequentlyAskedQuestions.pdf

 http://www.thedaytheearthcavedin.com/index.html

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 http://www.centraliapa.org/official-trailer-centralia-pennsylvanias-lost-town/

 http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20141007/NEWS/141009663

 http://www.centraliapa.org/video-news-report-centralia-pa-1983/

 http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-03681-6.html

 http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/28/us/pennsylvania-town-lives-with-fire-that-won-t-stop.html?pagewanted=all

 https://www.iup.edu/archives/coal/people-lives-stories/a-woman-s-day--work-and-anxiety/

http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2537-i-live-in-centralia-pa-its-americas-creepiest-ghost-town.html

 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/story-real-canary-coal-mine-180961570/