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01-20-2006, 01:01 AM
On WSAZ they said several miners went in to check about a fire in a mine and 2 of them haven't came back out. They don't know if they're in trouble or not. Hopefully they are okay.
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01-20-2006, 01:27 AM
A mine rescue team is on the way to the Aracoma mine in Logan County where two miners are unaccounted for at this hour. EMS officials say the two miners went inside to check on a possible fire. They have not made contact with folks outside the mine yet.
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01-20-2006, 01:34 AM
The fire was 4 miles underground.. I pray they find them soon and they're fine
01-20-2006, 01:45 AM
I will keep checking WSAZ's website for any new details
01-20-2006, 01:51 AM
Yea I know.. I'm just hoping they do on this story since it's breaking news
01-20-2006, 03:53 AM
****...this really sucks.....I mean we all know how tough a job that it is for the miners and how that they put their lives on risk everyday, but who would have thought that all of this would have happened so close together? The WVA mine, Pikeville, and now WVA again. just sad. All pray for their families and these miners :thumb:
01-20-2006, 05:02 AM
Two West Virginia Miners Unaccounted For After Fire
Jan 20, 2006, 12:48 AM EST
MELLVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A fire broke out in an underground coal
mine in southern West Virginia late Thursday and two workers were
unaccounted for, authorities said.
The fire was reported at the Aracoma Coal Co. in Mellville,
about 60 miles southwest of Charleston.
Jeff Gillenwater, a spokesman for the mine's owner, Richmond,
Va.-based Massey Energy, said the blaze began on a conveyer belt
inside the mine and the mine itself was not on fire.
"It is not a raging fire. It is a belt line fire that caused
smoke in the coal mine," Gillenwater told The Logan Banner
newspaper. "There are two individuals we are currently trying to
find in the coal mine."
Gillenwater said there is clean air in several sections of the
mine. "These two guys know this coal mine well, and we're just
hopeful mine rescue finds them quickly," he said.
The fire was reported to Logan County's emergency center at 8:05
p.m. and appears to be about 10,000 feet inside the mine, said Doug
Conaway, director of the state Office of Miners' Health Safety and
Training.
Four rescue teams had entered the mine and two were heading to
the mine, he said. Gov. Joe Manchin also was at the mine site early
Friday.
"All resources are either at the mine or on their way to the
mine site," said Lara Ramsburg, a spokeswoman for the governor.
The blaze occurred less than three weeks after an explosion at
the International Coal Group's Sago Mine in Upshur County killed 12
miners.
The sole survivor of that blast, Randal McCloy Jr., 26, remained
hospitalized Friday in a light coma at a hospital in Morgantown.
Jan 20, 2006, 12:48 AM EST
MELLVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A fire broke out in an underground coal
mine in southern West Virginia late Thursday and two workers were
unaccounted for, authorities said.
The fire was reported at the Aracoma Coal Co. in Mellville,
about 60 miles southwest of Charleston.
Jeff Gillenwater, a spokesman for the mine's owner, Richmond,
Va.-based Massey Energy, said the blaze began on a conveyer belt
inside the mine and the mine itself was not on fire.
"It is not a raging fire. It is a belt line fire that caused
smoke in the coal mine," Gillenwater told The Logan Banner
newspaper. "There are two individuals we are currently trying to
find in the coal mine."
Gillenwater said there is clean air in several sections of the
mine. "These two guys know this coal mine well, and we're just
hopeful mine rescue finds them quickly," he said.
The fire was reported to Logan County's emergency center at 8:05
p.m. and appears to be about 10,000 feet inside the mine, said Doug
Conaway, director of the state Office of Miners' Health Safety and
Training.
Four rescue teams had entered the mine and two were heading to
the mine, he said. Gov. Joe Manchin also was at the mine site early
Friday.
"All resources are either at the mine or on their way to the
mine site," said Lara Ramsburg, a spokeswoman for the governor.
The blaze occurred less than three weeks after an explosion at
the International Coal Group's Sago Mine in Upshur County killed 12
miners.
The sole survivor of that blast, Randal McCloy Jr., 26, remained
hospitalized Friday in a light coma at a hospital in Morgantown.
01-20-2006, 03:07 PM
Rescue teams were searching a West Virginia coal mine Friday for two miners separated from their crew as they were escaping a fire, officials said.
"Time is not our friend," said Gov. Joe Manchin. "The longer the time goes, the more difficult it becomes, so we're concerned about that."
The miners' names and ages were not released at the request of the families, who are awaiting word at a nearby church, the governor said.
Five mine rescue teams were working underground trying to reach them, according to Doug Conaway, director of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training.
Rescuers are using infrared technology to scan the area and have found heavy smoke at mine entries, he said.
The fire apparently began on a mechanical belt inside the Aracoma Alma Mine No. 1 Thursday night, government and mine officials said. The Massey Energy-owned mine is located in Logan County, West Virginia, about 60 miles southwest of Charleston.
A crew of 12 was working in the mine when a monitor went off at 5:36 p.m., indicating a fire, said Conaway.
Ten miners encountered smoke but safely exited to safety about two hours later, only to find their two colleagues were missing, Conaway said. The ten were unable to offer much information about the location of the missing miners.
The mine's ventilation system was working "as far as we can tell," he said later, adding there was no reason for it to stop operating.
Carbon monoxide levels appear to have stabilized by Friday morning, Conaway said.
The mine has not had any fatal accidents since 1995, the earliest year tracked by the U.S. Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Last year, Alma Mine 1 had a nonfatal accident rate of 9.01, compared with the national average of 6.39. The year before, the mine had a nonfatal accident rate of 0.82, compared with the national average of 5.66.
The accident comes less than a month after the disaster at the Sago Mine in Tallmansville where 12 miners died. The only survivor remained hospitalized Friday. (Read latest on his condition)
Unlike with Sago, "We have a difference this time," said Manchin. "We don't have an explosion, which is good news."
And although carbon monoxide is always present in a mine fire, he said, levels were "nowhere near what they were in the Sago Mine."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/20/mine.fire/index.html
"Time is not our friend," said Gov. Joe Manchin. "The longer the time goes, the more difficult it becomes, so we're concerned about that."
The miners' names and ages were not released at the request of the families, who are awaiting word at a nearby church, the governor said.
Five mine rescue teams were working underground trying to reach them, according to Doug Conaway, director of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training.
Rescuers are using infrared technology to scan the area and have found heavy smoke at mine entries, he said.
The fire apparently began on a mechanical belt inside the Aracoma Alma Mine No. 1 Thursday night, government and mine officials said. The Massey Energy-owned mine is located in Logan County, West Virginia, about 60 miles southwest of Charleston.
A crew of 12 was working in the mine when a monitor went off at 5:36 p.m., indicating a fire, said Conaway.
Ten miners encountered smoke but safely exited to safety about two hours later, only to find their two colleagues were missing, Conaway said. The ten were unable to offer much information about the location of the missing miners.
The mine's ventilation system was working "as far as we can tell," he said later, adding there was no reason for it to stop operating.
Carbon monoxide levels appear to have stabilized by Friday morning, Conaway said.
The mine has not had any fatal accidents since 1995, the earliest year tracked by the U.S. Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Last year, Alma Mine 1 had a nonfatal accident rate of 9.01, compared with the national average of 6.39. The year before, the mine had a nonfatal accident rate of 0.82, compared with the national average of 5.66.
The accident comes less than a month after the disaster at the Sago Mine in Tallmansville where 12 miners died. The only survivor remained hospitalized Friday. (Read latest on his condition)
Unlike with Sago, "We have a difference this time," said Manchin. "We don't have an explosion, which is good news."
And although carbon monoxide is always present in a mine fire, he said, levels were "nowhere near what they were in the Sago Mine."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/20/mine.fire/index.html
01-20-2006, 04:38 PM
The Press Conference is on now
01-20-2006, 11:17 PM
I have been in a mine when a belt line at the belt head started smoldering it was about ready to catch on fire when we got to it. The smoke around 200' radius of the belt head was very thick and hard to see luckly we got to it in time but it took hours for the smoke to clear out completly. Hopefully they can get to a clean air base where someone can get to them.
01-21-2006, 06:55 PM
Their bodies have been found... such sad news
01-21-2006, 07:04 PM
God be with their families ....such tragic news....we all kept hoping for a miracle...
01-21-2006, 07:17 PM
This is very sad, thoughts and prayers to their family and friends.
01-21-2006, 09:08 PM
What a tragedy, my thoughts and prayers go out to thier families.
01-21-2006, 09:34 PM
Sorry to hear about the miners.
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