HARRISBURG - A state appeals judge said Monday that while he sympathizes with residents of a central Pennsylvania town decimated by a mine fire, he has no jurisdiction to hear arguments about why they should be allowed to stay in their homes - at least not yet.
Most homes in Centralia were demolished in the 1980s as an underground fire that began in 1962 threatened residents with poisonous gases and dangerous sinkholes. A $42 million government relocation program was largely completed by 1993, when officials invoked eminent domain to force dozens of holdouts to leave.
Most did, eventually, but a handful of residents have mounted a last-ditch legal effort to stave off eviction
http://republicanherald.com/news/centralians-dealt-another-legal-setback-1.759855
Most homes in Centralia were demolished in the 1980s as an underground fire that began in 1962 threatened residents with poisonous gases and dangerous sinkholes. A $42 million government relocation program was largely completed by 1993, when officials invoked eminent domain to force dozens of holdouts to leave.
Most did, eventually, but a handful of residents have mounted a last-ditch legal effort to stave off eviction
http://republicanherald.com/news/centralians-dealt-another-legal-setback-1.759855
