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TIL A small town called Centralia,PA is completely abandoned because of a coal-seam fire at depths of up to 300 feet (90 m) over an 8-mile (13 km) stretch of 3,700 acres (15 km2), that ignited on May 27, 1962 and is only speculated to be extinguished in the year 2256.

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