Five dead in Kentucky coal mine explosion
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:52 am
Wow, this is too frequent. Are not the mines getting checked regularly by professionals?
HOLMES MILL, Kentucky (AP) -- An explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine killed five miners while one other miner was able to get out alive, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Saturday.
The blast at the Darby Mine No. 1 in Harlan County occurred between midnight and 1 a.m. EDT while a maintenance shift was on duty, said Amy Louviere, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
"We don't know the details of the cause," Fletcher said.
The five dead miners were found by rescue workers, the governor said. The rescue teams initially found three dead workers and later found two more, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/20/mine.e ... index.html
HOLMES MILL, Kentucky (AP) -- An explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine killed five miners while one other miner was able to get out alive, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Saturday.
The blast at the Darby Mine No. 1 in Harlan County occurred between midnight and 1 a.m. EDT while a maintenance shift was on duty, said Amy Louviere, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
"We don't know the details of the cause," Fletcher said.
The five dead miners were found by rescue workers, the governor said. The rescue teams initially found three dead workers and later found two more, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/20/mine.e ... index.html
