Originally Posted by
justKel
That reminds me of Centralia PA, which was reduced to a ghost town due to an underground coal fire started by an exposed vein in a landfill. They couldn't agree on who was going to pay to put the fire out, so it was left to burn until it got out of control and it literally burned the entire town out, leaving gaping, smoking sinkholes, smoking tree stumps, and the insufferable stench of sulfur in the air. I visited there in 2002 with a couple of other people. It was absolutely amazing. I have pics from that experience around somewhere, including pics of our melted shoes after we stood in one hotspot near a cemetery too long.
Kel