Centralia is the saga of a Pennsylvania community consumed by an underground mine fire.
Beginning with the infamous Molly Maguires, Centralia was confronted with the murder of its founder and an assault upon its Catholic priest, who cursed the town, saying, "One day this town will be erased from the face of the earth." Almost one hundred years later, a vein of coal that ran underneath the town caught fire and has.
The town, founded in 1866, has often been embroiled in tragedy and controversy.
Centralia is the saga of a Pennsylvania community consumed by an underground mine fire