Officials: Centralia Sinkhole Unrelated to Underground Fire

Emergency workers stand near a giant sinkhole caused by a busted 24-inch water main that displaced 75 local residents and caused extensive street flooding in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 22, 2018. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

CENTRALIA, Pa.—State environmental authorities say a 100-foot sinkhole found in a central Pennsylvania town almost completely emptied by a decades-long underground fire is unrelated to the blaze.

The (Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise reports that a Department of Environmental Protection crew started work on Feb. 15, to fill the sinkhole near Route 61 in Centralia. Work is expected to continue this week.