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TIL, in 1962 under Centralia PA,one of the largest mines in the US caught fire. The fire formed sinkholes and vented lethal amounts of carbon monoxide forcing the evacuation of residents.Today the town remains abandoned while the fire continues to burn and is expected to do so for another 250 years!

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