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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]
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]
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Deaths. 131. Historic signage in Grdina Park, just south of the site of the LNG tank farm. The Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion occurred on the afternoon of Friday, October 20, 1944. The resulting gas leak, explosion and fires killed 131 people and destroyed a one-square-mile area on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio.
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" [ 1] and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau ...
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12 coal miners are found dead, 1 in critical condition, in West Virginia mine. The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, United States, near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and collapse trapped 13 miners for nearly two days; only one survived. [ 1]
Loudoun County Fire and Rescue were called to the home in Sterling around 7:40 p.m. for a gas leak, Chief Keith Johnson said at a news conference. house explosion fire caution tape (NBC Washington)