OT: Mine Explosion...13 trapped

[Dutch]

I hope they are successful again at getting these miners out. :(

Explosion at W.Va. Coal Mine Traps 13
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060102/ap_on_re_us/mine_explosion

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - An explosion at a coal mine trapped 13 miners more than a mile underground, a county emergency official said Monday.

The explosion happened about 8 a.m. at the Sago Mine in Upshur County, said Steve Milligan, deputy director of the county's Office of Emergency Management. Six miners made it out of the mine and refused treatment.

The trapped miners' condition was not immediately known as an attempt by coworkers to reach them was unsuccessful, Milligan said.

"They essentially came to a wall," Milligan said. "So they can't get to them at this time." The miners were one to two miles underground, he said.

A specially trained mine rescue team was being sent to the scene.

[Swaggs]

Bump. Sounds like potentially good news.

Families Say 12 W.Va. Miners Found Alive (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060104/D8ETLCH81.html)

Jan 3, 11:59 PM (ET)


TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - Twelve miners caught in an explosion in a coal mine were found alive Tuesday night, more than 41 hours after the blast, family members said.

Bells at a church where relatives had been gathering rang out as family members ran out screaming in jubilation.

Relatives were yelling "They're alive!"

One miner was found dead earlier Tuesday, the mine's owner, International Coal Group Inc. said.

Neither the company nor the govenor's office immediately confirmed the news.

There were hugs and tears among the crowd outside the Sago Baptist Church loacted near the mine, about 100 miles northeast of Charleston.