The mining town of Wittenoom in Western Australia was deserted due to its hazardous asbestos exposure, leading to its official closure and removal from maps in 2007.
In Centralia, Pennsylvania, a garbage fire ignited coal mines in 1962, resulting in toxic gas emissions that forced the government to demolish the town and relocate residents.
Kolmanskop, Namibia, once thrived as a diamond mining town until the 1930s when resources were depleted, leading to complete abandonment by 1956 as the desert reclaimed it.
Hashima Island, known as 'Battleship Island,' was a thriving coal-mining community but has since been abandoned, a testament to the changing demands of resource extraction.
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