Centralia: The Town That's Been on Fire Since 1962
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Do a video covering pioneering tech such as this ruclips.net/video/iwVu2BWLZqA/видео.html
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If Ashland didn’t want to be threatened by the spreading fire then they should’ve not called themselves Ashland.
They're obviously trying to dupe the fire into thinking that it had been there already.
Also, Trashland would be engulfed by now.
The people in Byrnesville (a former neighborhood between Centralia and Ashland [look it up]) were already made an example of.
FUCKING KEK
Its a common knowledge that if you play dead the fire will avoid you
"Carbon Monoxide had the unfortunate side effect of making humans dead"
Learn something new every day
*The more you know*
I laughed out loud with that one
_laughs in carbon monoxide poisoning_
Wife sees me burying all of our charcoal: "What are you doing?"
Me: "I'm about to make it so that we pay *zero* property taxes."
Lol
Nice
Wife: "and how will you do that?"
Prof. Politics: "CENTRALIA"
1000th like
**Looks at Centralia through binoculars**
Will Smith: *"Ah that's hot, that's hot!"*
*looks at this comment*
That's hot!
*Looks at Auchwitz*
“Ah that’s hot!”
LOL YT REWIND MEME LOLOLO
*looks away from mirror*
Ah that's hot, that's hot!
Evariste Galois DAS HAWT
I'll resist the hell jokes on this one.
Jesus Christ How are you verified? You're not the real Jesus Christ. So blasphemous lol
Michael Ramon
Are you joking or are you just..
@@VeritasVortex i think it's just for satire, not for blasphemy
MineMaster9PE I'm just amazed that Google would verify the channel
@@VeritasVortex why?
The image you posted as the Lehigh Coal Company headquarters is, in fact, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Building in Jim Thorpe, PA. The true base for the Lehigh Coal Company (or Lehigh Anthracite) is actually in the nearby town of Tamaqua. This is a nerdy Lehigh resident just doing their best to inform.
Yeah, he does entertaining vids, but if you do more than scratch the surface, they're moderately shoddy with researched facts. I live not far from Tamaqua, some 16 miles (as the turkey vulture flies) from Centralia, and know a number of former residents. The long-time scuttlebut on the blaze is that it was intentionally set, to gain control of the extinguishing contract, which would automatically include salvage ownership rights on the aptly-named, and largely untapped "Mammoth Coal Vein". There have even been attempted and well-documented researches into this alleged skullduggery, but why would Wendover, or anyone flogging a RUclips channel want to bother with that sort of thing? Sheesh, even a simple web search hints at this, in the top results, and go a few pages in...
That’s what I thought too! I could tell from the brick buildings. Resident of Lehigh valley here too
I knew I recognized that. PA gang
@@dangray4086 The coal was not intentionally set on fire. That's a conspiracy theory that doesn't hold up. Now what is true is that there is still potentially billions worth of coal there, if it will be stripped out and who will profit from that is of concern.
@@kamX-rz4uy All theories are invalid until and unless validated. Whether local lore as to the origin of the fire is correct or not, remains unconfirmed speculation. However, the lengthy and repeated negotiations regarding prospective extinguishing and salvaging rights were mostly public, and I know some folks still who were partly privy to internal (unnamed, since I have no proof in hand) coal company calculations/machinations. It remains public fact that several firms expressed interest in remediation/recovery, and mining engineering fact that had any of those efforts taken place within the first several years after ignition, that it could have been relatively easily excavated and doused. As always, a great place to start in investigations is to ask cui bono, both in short and long term? And what would the costs and benefits have been to the respective parties, then and in the future?
I find something oddly funny about a town named Ashland being threatened by a fire.
Hehehe
Byrnesville was also a victim of the fires.
As a PA resident who's visited Ashland, these jokes just go over our heads cuz we're already used to saying it without the joke
it burned because they didnt use squarespace
Aggressive marketing much?
"www.maybedontsettrashonfireoveracoalmineandthenforgettoputitout.com"
@@rafaeligmpraciano4123 really? I never would have known!
thanks to brilliant for making the fire not go on forever possible
OwO www.maybedontsettrashonfireoveracoalmineandthenforgettoputitout.com is a real link lmao
Talking about underfloor heating 😂 😂
I like vagina. Pussy is awesome!
Is a meme. But thanks for the likes.
@@theenzoferrari458 This is too real!
Lol your face and the emoji hav the same expression
@@theenzoferrari458 do a sequel
Quick Fix - Thought Provoking Videos *thought provoking videos*
It's really dumb to start underground fire without the knowledge from SquareSpace
Wrong advertiser.
Brilliant is for knowledge. SquareSpace is only for websites.
@@Jehty_, knowledge of making websites*
Your-your everyehere!
"Because they hadn't yet invented "The Enviornment"." Hahaha
Philomena Cunk joke
They also seemingly hadn't invented spelling.
I remember driving 3 hours from NY and stopping there 2 years ago with my 4x4 and exploring the trails. such a creepy place. Wish they allowed more tourists in.
Also, surprised he didn't mention that this town was the inspiration for the Silent Hill franchise and titular town.
Two things.
1. I live in the Lehigh Valley, so hearing that coal company name was the weirdest thing.
2. There's a theme park up in coal country called Knoebels which has a mine-themed dark ride, and by far the coolest part of that ride is an entire section themed around Centralia. It's wild.
The Black Diamond is lit! As is the whole park 😄
_They hired five firemen to set the fire to the fill then fight the firemen-set fire until it became not a fire._
that profile picture is freezing from the top and bottom
haha I watched the video too
@@terigonUSAS12 hello from Venus!
Also, bring in the daladads!
"The government agreed to let them live the rest of their lives in centralia."
Translation: the government gave up on trying to save them from their own suicidal tendencies.
sounds accuracte
Translation: government stopped trying to forcibly take people homes and just let them live their lives
@@thiccnicc6848 they are gonna get burned
@@thiccnicc6848 *die their deaths.
Don't get me wrong, I hate "The government is saving you from yourself" on principle. But the few remaining citizens should have enough sense to move out of the active disaster area.
Reminds me a bit of the stubborn old coot who refused to leave his home in the Mt. St. Helens area in early 1980, despite the warnings. I don't even think they found his house afterwards, let alone him.
The fire only affected a small portion of the town. Would you leave your home if you felt you weren’t in danger?
The puns are terrible
I love it
Agreed
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I think the puns are on *fire*
toadofsteel as of now this is my favorite comment of the day 😂
The people that still live there are there because of the whole “Appalachia mentality”. Some people in that area believe most things the government does, is evil. Which kinda makes sense sometimes but not others. And the people that live in Centrailia also don’t want their homes to be torn down and wish to cherish them forever.
"There was an open mineshaft"
*Proceeds to show minecraft image*
Haha yeah I watched the video too
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And I'm guessing none of you know what this is from?
I honestly thought Centralia was a town in Central Australia
There's another town in the US which has had its coal mine burning since 1884. Set on fire in a strike.
Also, in Australia we have a 5000 year old coal fire.
Speaking of Australia, have you ever heard of Lake Disappointment?
Andy Madden yes that’s where my sister and brother were born
I thought it was in California
Australian towns generally don't have the uninspired names you get in the US - there are three towns called Centralia, all are roughly in the centre of their state. Also Mexicali and Calexico (on the Mexican/Californian border, the former on the Mexican side), Calada (on the California/Nevada border), and Cal-Nev-Ari, just to name a few. Australian towns generally (though not always) either have Aboriginal names (e.g. Canberra, Wollongong), are named after towns/villages in the UK or people who did something important, or they just have weird names no one knows the actual origins of (e.g. Humpty Doo). We are shit at naming major geographical features though. There's the Great Sandy Desert and the Snowy Mountains.
Villagers: Our Great grandfathers have built this town from the ground up therefore I refuse to leave my home.
U.S Goverment: Alright, bring in the tanks, bois.
More like
U.S. government: No, you refuse to leave _MY_ home.
They never brought in the tanks. Didn't you pay attention? Also, an active state highway runs through the outskirts of the town. I've driven it a few times.
@@nb2008nc r/woosh
@@edwinhuang9244 d/ooooouche
One of these days I'm gonna check out Squarespace.
I think Squarespace is playing some mind games, it's not about us, they just want the youtubers and podcasters lol
Mike Fuquay make sure u make the website about not setting trash on fired
So the town has 7 people, and 2 churches. 7 people and they still cant even be happy going to church together, they have to have 2 different congregations because of petty disagreements smh
That's just how Christianity works (I couldn't find information on what demonations the churches are, but I bet they're differant sects)!
the churches are probably historic and arnt used for services.
@@AbsolXGuardian I think you mean de-nomi-nations, but I like the Freudian slip that demon-ations is.
the last 2 remaining Jews in Kabul hated each other so much that they attend 2 separate synagogues just to stay away from each other
One is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (still standing, still used), one was a Roman Catholic Church. (Ps, looking up that info took more work than I thought it would)
Oh, I get the thumbnail pun!!! "Centralia wishes you a WARM welcome"
Centralia: Not sure if you want burial or cremation? You can have both!
I lived near there, and there's an amusement park that had a ride themed around the Centralia coal fire.
Yeah. I’m pretty sure you’re talking about Knobles in Elysburg PA.
Squarespace: The company that does sponsorship transitions that are on fire since 391 A.D.
This story has always fascinated me, and when im making a roadtrip through the eastern US, I'll definitely bring a visit. The only thing you forgot is that south of Centralia, there was another hamlet called Byrnsville, which was aldo abandoned because of the fire.
PS: 4:17 great domain name.
you're telling me a town called "burnsville" was evacuated by fire?
Now I finally remember where I left my Mixtape!
To the coal company,
Dear Sir/Madam,
FIRE!
FIRE!
HELP ME!
Centralia Town, Pennsylvania
Looking forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
The town of Centrailia
Four! I mean five! I mean fire!
I'll just put it over there with the rest of the fire
should have called 01189998819991197253
I love the fact that this channel's videos are around 5 minutes of pure joy, not 10 minutes of please get to the point! , even the Segway to the ads are great.
Love the channel, kudos to the team.
"The most lit town since 1962"
Your channel is actually one of the funniest on the platform!! Your sarcastic, yet subtle punchlines paired with the kept professional voiceover, are comedy gold!!
When the local council won't fund the Fire Department...
Lol
😂😂😁
Fun fact, as of 5ish years ago, at least 1 remaining resident of the town continued to hang Christmas lights and decorations from street lights, and attempted to fix any little remaining infrastructure in the town. As of 2020 the internet famous Graffiti Highway, abandoned and rerouted nearly 30 years prior due to the fire buckling the asphalt, has been completely covered in dirt, bringing to an end one of the very last reasons people traveled to Centralia
*Centralia:* OOOH!!! OOOH!!! JESUS CHRIST!!! I'M ON FIRE!!! OOOH!!! OOH!!!
Oooohh he needs some miilkk
Sounds Really wrong for me...
Save me Tom cruise. Save me baby jesus.
Pennsylvanian here. When I was little I used to go up to the Poconos for vacation, and we used to visit Centralia and walk down this one long path towards the town and you could see it was burning.
Half as Interesting has some of the best dumb/smart/funny (all at once) writing out there. I regularly rewatch parts just for the dumb throwaway jokes and puns.
"The fire will make the land unstable, open up holes to the underworld..."
Me: Wait. Is that how you ended up in the underground in Undertale?
Just like my life...
I see you everywhere
Stop
I went to college in Philadelphia...My friends and I all took the couple hour drive out to Centralia one winter day. It was a really cool ghost town to see!
There also is a fascinating documentary about this town, highlighting some of the very interesting people that remain to live there.
You should of talked about the other town Burnsville. It’s right near the town, it was a smaller town that had all the citizens move and the town is now a strait up forest
I have visited this town several times. It is really something seeing basically a whole lot of nothing (if that makes any sense). It is a big tourist destination and more often than not you'll see 4wheelers and dirtbikes riding through the town on makeshift trails.
the burning pit of coal fire is one popular jump
@@ReptilianLepton they used to. Not anymore. There are no longer "no trespassing" signs
This video is based on relatively old information, there's only one church and I think two houses left as of my last visit this past February.
Centralia: “everything is fine”
Finally, representation for living 10 miles away from this dumpster fire of a mining town
That sponsor transition has been on fire too 🔥
0:22 you just described the history of my hometown in just a few seconds
Are there demons living there as well and a giant pyramid head executor?
No demons as such, but there are other blights upon the land, like slag heaps, acid mine drainage, and fly ash basins.
My mixtape is so good that it still burning to this day.
Dude your videos are getting more sarcastic every week 😂😂
love it tho
Title: The town that been on fire sense 1962
Me: Laugh in California
Seven residents and two churches? At best, one of those chruches has three members and the other four. How does that work?
They're not for Centralia per se but are attended by locals from the surrounding area. The better-maintained one is a small Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish church. That is a rather specific rite of the Eastern Catholic Church and there happen to be enough locals of Ukrainian descent who grew up in that rite to keep it going. Honestly I'm not sure if the other church is even there anymore, it might just be the cemetary these days.
Being from Wilkes-Barre PA I applaud you for giving the best history of all coal towns in 60 seconds or less with that intro.
Thank you HAI very cool
I would love to see a documentary on those 7 people who absolutely refused to leave.
Who else over thought about the title and thought it was Central AUSTRALIA
I thought it was going to be about California
@@00O3O1B trust me there are a lot of dumb people in this world
That burning underground coal seam in Australia, is called “Mount Wingen” (also known as “Burning Mountain”).
It is worth seeing. It is about four hours’ drive away from Sydney.
*insert joke about my mixtape being there*
I was working nearby and spent a day wandering around Centralia Pennsylvania. I did not see a single wisp of smoke, a single puff of steam or anything to give any indication whatsoever there is a fire under the ground.
That seems like a refreshingly honest account…and painfully dull! Are you sure you didn’t ride on any roads that were actively buckling and tossing your car around? Or maybe you stood in one spot too long and your sneakers melted? Or were nearly asphyxiated by the poisonous fumes? Or perhaps you fried an egg or lit your cigarette on the sidewalk? Or maybe just narrowly escaped falling into a fiery hell pit as the earth opened up beneath your feet? Come on people we need to do better!
Free start button: 0:07
Bro, I think Half as Interesting and Wendover productions should have a collab. They’ll most likely be great friends!
Huh, I’m surprised that it isn’t on California
I've actually had the honor of going to Centralia. It's a creepy place only a few houses are left and steam constantly rises from the ground due to the fire.
You sure the town's name isn't "Springfield"? Pretty sure they've had a tire fire going on for a few decades lol
Even when I already know all about the topic, these videos are still amazing. You're too funny for this. The intro alone was good enough.
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I'm more impressed that URL at the end is registered and redirects to the HAI discount link for Squarespace.
That's a coal video
Leave.
Glad I’m not the only one who enjoys plane cabin noise for 10 hours too
I was going to make a pun but I’m too tired
Soo, you're a bicycle?
Quick little note: at the end of the video when he shows the google maps of the surrounding towns, one of the pins shows the “Pioneer coal mine.” If you ever find yourself in the area, I’d highly recommend checking it out - they have a working steam tank engine, and an actual underground mine tour that you need to ride in Minecarts to get to
Probably someone was tired of being cold in winter or hated snow and, instead of moving away, decided it was a great idea to set alight the coal underground to provide the town with some heat, therefore they wouldn't need to spend money on timber to burn on their fireplaces -which are now pretty much useless.
There is one of these in Pennsylvania too. A big cold mine was sent on fire and the town got evacuated.
A few Weird questions,
1. if the fire is underground why can’t they just seal off the mine and landfill to cutoff oxygen supply? Or even just cover the whole area with a tarp, or concrete slab.
2. How do large underground coal fires continue to get oxygen for combustion? Does it rely solely on the opening, or does it get new oxygen access as it destroys the earth around it, or does the ground have to be porous for coal fires to exist?
3. How old and how vast is the ancient coal fire in Australia? Do you have a map?
Aww, I thought you were going to cover the Graffiti Highway since it's right there. It's a surreal place to wander around!
I live near PA coal country. Centralia is sort of a local legend in some areas. Some say it's haunted. Others say it's possessed. The "holes to the underworld" are sometimes called potholes from hell, and are often compared to the ones on our interstate highways, with the pits of hellfire being preferable.
Ok no more ‘Silent Hill’ for you young man.
@@handle-schmandle No, no, they've got a point. I mean, Centralia definitely doesn't have an actual, literal, unironic hellmouth. But have you ever driven I-81 between Harrisburg and the Wyoming Valley? I have. Regularly. A blazing portal to the underworld, on a nearly-abandoned mountainside in the middle of nowhere, would be less damaging to the state than those potholes.
@@ReptilianLepton So no more Silent Hill for you, either.
Actually, after visiting Ashland and talking to them, supposedly the coal vein goes below the ground water line between them and Centralia, meaning that the chances of Ashland catching fire are pretty slim.
Yes, but if it spreads to that point, there will be at least a short time where the old mine drainage tunnels in the area will dump *boiling* acid mine draining into the local waterways, instead of the usual icewater-cold acid mine drainage.
Ive had a fever for 3 damn days. This hits close to home
*_I love the way the narrator puts everything in_*
People: accidentally set town on fire
People: *it's rewind time*
The jokes and quick witty remark on this one is so good!
I've been through Centralia a dozen times or so. It's pretty eerie there, considering a thousand or people used to live there. Also, I'm pretty sure the town was an inspiration for Silent Hill, but don't quote me on that.
There are towns on the map at 4:14 called Wilburton Number One and Wilburton NumberTwo. Good thing they have a backup for when the first one burns down.
They were started as company towns, named for the mines the workers were assigned to. Charming, right? Welcome to the Coal Region, the meth and oxy are to treat the stockholm syndrome.
I live about 60 miles from Centralia. This is the closest place to my home mentioned in Wendover Productions.
this is one of my new favorite videos of yours. the minecraft, their letter, the puns - all excellent
"But soon, the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain..."
2:21 that isn't the Lehigh Valley Coal Companies HQ!
That opening scenario was the best thing I've heard all day.
Jharia, Dhanbad in Jharkhand, India has also has an underground fire raging since more than 100 years
Contained in the municipal building is the Centralia Volunteer Fire Department, which is still active.
Am I the only one who thinks that his mixtapes are actually on fire? I believe that it would be extremely f**king awesome
I think it's crazy that Silent Hill (2006) was filmed here, despite the fact there were threats of Carbon Monoxide and that the coal fires were burning underneath.
hearing a place so close to where I live mentioned is surreal despite the fact that my city is in the top 10 largest cities in pa
"By force" shows a M1A2 shooting
Me: ok then
Well, not literal force. It turns out that most people are perfectly happy to leave a town that's on fire especially when the government is willing to pay them to do so. But there's always a few stubborn holdouts for some reason. Usually the government figures they'll die eventually, which means the problem tends to solve itself in the long run without the expense and bad PR of using tanks.
It is neat to see a video on a place I live less than an hour away from
I live near Centralia (if you consider 35 miles as near) and have driven by it and looks creepy.
That tank footage in that context got me rolling 🤣
Hey, I live 5 minutes from there! I’m from Mt Carmel (a few miles west of Centralia down Route 61) and I used to go to the graffiti highway all the time!
I have watched every youtube video that exists about Centralia. I'm always excited to see another one, but I never expected to see one from someone I'm already subscribed to.