Centralia, Pennsylvania has a hell-mouth fire burning beneath it.
Centralia most notably refers to Centralia , Pennsylvania , a near ghost town because of the Centralia mine fire , which has been burning underground since 1962 . Centralia, Pennsylvania . Its population has dwindled from more than 1,000 residents in 1980 to only 10 in 2010 -- a result of the coal mine fire which has been burning beneath the borough since 1962 .