West Virginia Coal Mine Collapses

by Gary Kopycinski on April 5, 2010

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WEST VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2010. The roof of the Upper Big Branch Mine collapsed at approximately 4:30 p.m. (local time) today. State officials have confirmed that 6 miners are dead and 21 people unaccounted for. Twenty-one people were hurt in the blast.