2006-08-23 16:56:18 · 2 answers · asked by mamabee 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
yes silent hill is filmed in WVA. but there is no toluca county or town of silent hill.the real town the movie was based on is centralia,PA.
The inferno started when a trash fire was lit in an abandoned mine pit in Centralia in 1962. The fire ignited an exposed vein of coal and spread throughout the mines beneath the borough. Several attempts have been made and millions of dollars have been spent unsuccessfully to extinguish this fire that still burns today.
The "problem" wasn't really acknowledged until a series of accidents in the '70s and '80s, including the appearances of sinkholes hundreds of feet deep. In 1984, Congress allocated more than $40 million for relocation efforts, and most residents moved ..........................
read all about it here........
2006-08-27 03:08:51 · answer #1 · answered by plantladywithcfids 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually this movie was based on a place in pennsylvania where an underground fire has been burning for about forty years.
2006-08-23 17:03:22 · answer #2 · answered by snail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋