No buildings were ablaze when the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation call near Fairmont last week. The incendiary simmering, instead, was coming from about 40 ...

Smoke rises from the ground in Centralia, Pa., where an uncontrolled coal-mine fire has raged for decades. After years of delay, state officials are now trying to complete the demolition of Centralia.

The Leer South Mine in Barbour County, West Virginia, which produces high-quality metallurgical coal, was sealed for the ...

Pennsylvania’s eternal flame is bigger than a flickering fire under a waterfall. It actually caused the majority of an entire town to evacuate more than 40 years ago.

Pa. State Police provide update on missing woman who fell into sinkhole 09:20. UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - At least another full day of digging will be needed to find a woman who is believed to ...

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (WBRE/WYOU) — Twenty people were taken to area hospitals after a Saturday morning fire at a nursing home in the coal region. According to an official on scene, crews were ...

Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid-1700s, years before the Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvanians have mined ...