Volunteers to plant trees in mine-scarred Centralia
An environmental group is continuing efforts to beautify Centralia by planting 250 apple trees in the abandoned mine fire town.
Author: Nikki Krize
Updated: 4:08 PM EDT April 6, 2021
CENTRALIA, Pa. — There is not much to see when driving through Centralia, as less than half a dozen houses remain. The community was mostly abandoned because of an underground mine fire, and over the last few years, it has become somewhat of a dumping ground for garbage and old furniture.
"We don't feel that that's right. Residents don't feel that that's right. There's too much of that littering and dumping, and it doesn't really sit well with the people down there," said Robert Hughes, executive director for the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation.