EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 1 MIN
May 27 - Centralia Burns
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
Can you imagine if the earth beneath your hometown caught fire and kept on burning for more than half a century? That is what happened in Centralia, Pennsylvania. Today in Labor History, May 27, the year was 1962. Centralia was a mining town with 2,700 residents, built above a rich vein of anthracite coal.
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Can you imagine if the earth beneath your hometown caught fire and kept on burning for more than half a century? That is what happened in Centralia, Pennsylvania. Today in Labor History, May 27, the year was 1962. Centralia was a mining town with 2,700 residents, built above a rich vein of anthracite coal.
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