The Tampa International Airport is located 9 miles northwest of downtown Tampa. The Marriott Tampa Airport Hotel is located in the Tampa Airport. Additional hotels are about 1 mile away.
Not to be confused with 1947 Centralia mine disaster. The Centralia mine fire is a coal seam fire that has been burning underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States since at least May 27, 1962. The fire is suspected to be from deliberate burning of trash in a former strip mine, igniting a coal seam.
Alberta-based TransAlta agreed it will shut down the first of two coal-fired burners at its Centralia plant in 2020. The second will stop burning coal in 2025. In exchange, the company will be allowed during intervening years to sell coal power in-state under long-term contracts, which is currently prohibited by law.