MOSCOW, Russia — A devastating fire swept through a Siberian coal mine Thursday, killing 52 miners and rescuers about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian news reports said. Hours after a ...
Officials say the explosion happened in an area of the plant where the roof was specially designed to protect the building during a gas blast.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine, killing 11 ...