Compiling a list of the smallest towns can be prob...  ...bout them to write about. That certainly goes for Centralia , Pennsylvania, population 5.In 1962, a trash fire...  ...nnsylvania, population 5.In 1962, a trash fire in Centralia ’s dump spread into an underground coal seam...  ...stay in their homes...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...-old Todd Domboski was walking through a field in Centralia , Pennsylvania, when a 150-foot-deep hole suddenly...  ...ating garbage in an old strip mine pit outside of Centralia , one of the many exposed coal seams ignited. The...  ...il the 1930s.) After...