You are right, Al. Centralia PA Here is a web site about it. http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm We went through there (more-or-less) years ago and it was quite disconcerting. Charles -------------- Original message -------------- > There is an underground fire in one of the coal fields > in, I think, Western Pennsylvania that has been > burning for years and now one town is sinking due to > the coal support of the upper earth being burned away. > > Al Messer > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.