Centralia, Pennsylvania, was once a bustling mining town with a growing population of 2,800 residents. An underground fire began on May 27, 1962 when the city was conducting their yearly controlled-burn of the local landfill before Memorial Day weekend. The fire was not properly extinguished and rapidly spread through the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines beneath Centralia. Toxic fumes and sink holes caused a mass exodus from the town, which today only has an estimated five remaining residents
IRON COUNTY, Utah, April 16, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A giant smoke plume from a structure fire Tuesday afternoon drew four Iron County fire departments, but luckily no one was home. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office reported no injuries in the blaze dispatched just after 1 p.m. west of Antelope Road on the Newcastle grid. […] The post Huge pillar of smoke draws 4 fire departments to Iron County blaze first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Documents released via freedom of information laws show Alberta bureaucrats were working as early as October 2019 on ways to remedy what they called 'underinvestment' in the area.
Kayville, in Saskatchewan, Canada , was once a bustling village with over 100 citizens and 30 businesses. But now, the dwindling community is a shell of its former self.