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Ghent, West Virginia. / 37.62528°N 81.10611°W / 37.62528; -81.10611. Ghent / ˈdʒɛnt / is a census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 457.
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]
June 7, 2018 - Seven people were injured in an explosion, at a two-day-old gas well that had recently started drilling to the deep Marcellus shale formation, in Moundsville. [212] December 8, 2020 - An explosion occurred at a Chemours plant in Belle, West Virginia. A plant worker was tragically killed and 3 other people were injured. [213]
The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West Virginia, United States . The explosion was large enough to be felt in Fairmont, almost 12 miles (19 km) away. [citation needed]
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May 30, 2024 at 5:20 PM. A cut natural gas line was found in a basement area of an Ohio building which was severely damaged by a massive explosion this week, the National Transportation Safety ...
Utility Washington Gas was at the scene and assisted in the investigation. Sterling is a community of around 30,000 in Loudoun County, west of Washington, D.C. Show comments
Coal mine explosion. Casualties. 119 dead [1] The Benwood Mine Disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on Monday, April 28, 1924, at the Benwood Mine of the former Benwood Works of Wheeling Steel Corporation located in the city of Benwood in Marshall County, West Virginia. The disaster claimed the lives of 119 coal miners. [1]