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Anthracite, Backburning, Centralia, Coal, Creative Writing, Fire, Mine Disaster, Mining, Social Interest
Not All So In Our World. Legends Told Fire So Go. Out In Centralia 1962 So Began. Endings A Towns Times, Places There. Their Fire There Is Still. Burning Now Centralia Burns In Deeds. Indeed Good Intents So Undergrounding Centralia’s. Foundations. Burnt Ups. Within.
In Our World. Legends tell so 1962. One
Fire was lit. Lighting a Mountain
Centrally Yore Fired
Ups. In Our Deeds
indeed. Once
upon a Times, Places. 1962, One that nomened
Centralia. We set this Town named that, on. Fire
from within Our World. Our World
Indeed 1962… One Year Of The Tiger. Fired Ups Outed In Deeds.
Legends tell so 1962. One
still Yore burning. Fire. 2021.
Almost 60 Years on. Fire in Our
Centralia. Still.
Columbia County, Penn. USA.
In 1962
HOW WE SET
THIS
TOWN ON FIRE…
so begins. Endings ups
Situated in. The US. State of Pennsylvania, Columbia County.
Our Township- nomened of Centralia began
per se in. Sayings arounds abouts
1854, a prime Coal. Mining named site.
A growing populace of some overs 2,000.
Gradually called this place Their Home. There seems
Seams oft. Of Anthracite Coal extracted enabled this. That
blooming Mining Town to boom. Blossomed,.. for over
a Century Times, Places. Placing
Centralia Welcome. Perhaps Not.
Us now. Then up too. To
so May ’62; a routine burn-off. Of/by
a local Sanitation Crew determined to get. Rid
of the town’s potential threats. Foliage in the
selected area withered under. Blaze and gaze… till
their error of choice. Shone through that too. This
backburn soon went. Back underground. Somewhere
beneath was lying. An entrance to a disused. Mine
shaft. Beneath lay the Coal Seam. Seemingly now
with ample access too. To Oxygen + Fuel. Soon
enough…
a FIRE unpractically. Practically under
the very Foundations oft. Of the Town itself. Began.
That’s NOT. Fog… Centralians.
Indeed Centralia Still Smokin’. Hot in Deeds.
Endings ups with Our Centralia downed was now. Atop
a burning mount sized lump Yore Coal Seam. Unseemly
atop well as alight in Deeds. Indeed as well
Fired Ups…
Our Fiery ELEMENT…
does not. Play well. With
The only safe. Long-term option, when playing
with Fire… is stopping too. To put it. Out
or move. Out + Away. Fire
burning wherever the Coal. Seam led
On Our Surface… Homely. Down Belows Unearthly. Earth.
Inside. Outed In Deeds.
soon led too. To major realisations. No Canary
in this Coal Mine Centralia would help now. That
Smoke, Pollution, sudden Flare-ups, Pit-hole
formations. Forming propensity for House + Properties
so joining in. Fires prosperity
became the uninvited House. Guest. Herein
Several photos ways belows show much. Such potential aboves
heatings ups. Down
Anthracite is Our Carbon densely packed in. This makes it lil’ tougher than most other Coals. Lil’ harder too. To light, in that more Oxygen so. Required for combustion. However, when conditions right-this Coal burns prac. clean + fiercely with little contaminants/pollutants. High inherent Carbon purity content. Capable of great eventual consistent Heat output.
Flooding the mine soon not. An achievable
possible option whilst. Several
several Fire-Fight attempts were. So made +
overwhelmed so as well. Well as Time, Places
raged on, Our Towns. Peoples eventually-
arounds abouts
were put out. Moved out, away. Our-
The Fire so stayed. Yore on
since 1962. Our
Centralia soon enough was left. Rightly
to burn itself. Out… one day. Someday
We so hope.
Region Surrounds Coal Reserves over 6 Billion Tons.
…FIRE PLAYERS Five..?
One 2017 Local Report rainchecked indicates 5. People
somehows still. ” Live ” in the surrounds. Arounds
of this burning abouts Towned. Place
certainly certain of Centralia’s once Home. Supporters…
in Our World. Legends tell so
are warm-hearted folk indeed. In Deeds Hi-5
though their Zip. Code there was unzipped also. All
so by… hot-headed.?. Yore
Officialdom whiles ago it seems. Seemingly
Centralia smolders with no. Zip Code + 5 Inhabitants on this most. That fiery of routes so seems. Endless.
nevertheless chilling with next 21/4:
Waving In Yore Cats. Our Templed Guardians.
Our World Legends. 