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The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States, since at least May 27, 1962. Its original cause and start date are still a matter of debate. [ 1][page needed][ 2][ 3][page needed] It is burning at depths of up to 300 ft ...
Coal Mine explosion. Casualties. 29 dead. The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred on April 5, 2010 roughly 1,000 feet (300 m) underground in Raleigh County, West Virginia at Massey Energy 's Upper Big Branch coal mine located in Montcoal. Twenty-nine out of thirty-one miners at the site were killed. [ 1]
A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion. [104] [105] Welkom, South Africa: 31 27 March 1980
Jun. 28—MEYERSDALE — While gathering alongside fellow U.S. Route 219 supporters to mark the project's latest $53 million milestone, Somerset Trust's Henry Cook recalled a day more than 30 ...
April 17, 2017 – A severed flow line, from a gas well, leads to a gas explosion in a home, killing 2 people, in Firestone, Colorado. [29] [30] May 8, 2017 – Fire broke out at a tank for a fracking well near Greeley. [31] May 25, 2017 – An oil tank explosion and fire in northern Colorado killed a worker, and burned three others. [32]
1917: No. 7 mine explosion in Webster County kills 62 men. On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, a methane gas explosion at the Western Kentucky Coal Company’s No. 7 mine in Webster County killed 62 ...
The Aracoma Alma Mine accident occurred when a conveyor belt in the Aracoma Alma Mine No. 1 at Melville in Logan County, West Virginia, caught fire.The conveyor belt ignited on the morning of January 19, 2006, pouring smoke through the gaps in the wall and into the fresh air passageway that the miners were supposed to use for their escape, obscuring their vision and ultimately leading to the ...
Blocher explained that sometimes people driving by on Route 219 see his signs for the maple camp and drive back to his farm to learn more about his business and buy maple products. Once the road ...