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Post by usadrummergirl on Jan 21, 2006 4:22:07 GMT
Fire erupts in West Virginia mine; two miners missing Story by The Associated Press
MELLVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A fire erupted in a Massey Energy Inc. underground coal mine in southern West Virginia Thursday night and two workers are unaccounted for.
Massey Energy spokesman Jeff Gillenwater says the fire occurred on a belt line inside the Aracoma Mine at Mellville in Logan County. He told The Logan Banner that the mine itself is not on fire.
Gillenwater told the newspaper that there is clean air in several sections of the mine. He says the missing miners know the mine well and company officials hope rescuers find them quickly.for.
Governor Manchin's spokeswoman, Lara Ramsburg, says the fire was reported at the Aracoma Mine in Mellville in Logan County. Ramsburg did not have any other details and said she could not confirm an earlier report that the fire involved a belt inside the mine.
She says mine rescue crews, emergency crews and representatives from the state Miners Health Safety and Training Office are either at the scene or on their way.
A man who answered the telephone at Aracoma Coal's Mellville office hung up.
The blaze occurred less than three weeks after the January Second explosion at the Sago Mine in Upshur County killed 12 miners.
The sole survivor of that blast, 26-year-old Randal McCloy Junior, remains hospitalized in a light coma at a hospital in Morgantown.
I'll keep you guys updated on the situation.
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Post by usadrummergirl on Jan 21, 2006 4:26:12 GMT
Rescuers search deep for two missing West Virginia miners Story by The Associated Press
MELVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A day after a fire broke out in a Logan County mine, rescuers still have miles underground to search for two miners who didn't get out.
State mine safety chief Doug Conaway says flare-ups of the fire have intermittently hampered the search.
A conveyor belt caught fire yesterday evening at Aracoma Coal's Alma number one mine in Melville. The missing miners were part of a 12-member crew that had just gone into the mine to start their shift.
Ten miners escaped but two became separated from the group. Nine other miners in a different section of the mine also escaped.
Rescuers are searching four tunnels, each about four miles long. The mine extends as much as 900 feet below ground. Conaway says rescuers are finding some pockets of fresh air but there's no way to tell if conditions have changed since last night.
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Post by Trixie on Jan 21, 2006 8:54:09 GMT
My heart goes out to the families who have lost their loved ones. thoughts and prayers are with them
tons of love Trixie xxxxxx
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Post by emmarudd on Jan 21, 2006 9:51:03 GMT
aww bless! fingers crossed they find more survivors.
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Post by strauss on Jan 21, 2006 10:23:53 GMT
Aww im sending my love and thoughts to all the families involved, i hope they manage to find more survivors.xx
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Post by kblover on Jan 21, 2006 10:33:07 GMT
Aww my thoughts and prayers are with all the families involved and I pray that there will be more survivors found. xxxxx
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Post by usadrummergirl on Jan 21, 2006 22:26:30 GMT
Bodies of Two Dead Miners Recovered Posted 1/21/2006 04:50 PM Miners Hatfield and Bragg had been missing since Thursday. Story by The Associated Press MELVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - The bodies of two Logan County miners have been recovered two days after a conveyor belt caught fire and spewed dense smoke throughout the mine. The miners' deaths were confirmed by Tom Hunter, the assistant communications director for Governor Manchin. Manchin earlier identified the men as 33-year-old Don Bragg and 47-year-old Ellery "Elvis" Hatfield. A rescue team found the men today after regulatory authorities announced that they had finally gotten control of the fire at Aracoma Coal's Alma number one mine in Melville. After being briefed by authorities, crying family members left a Baptist church where they had been waiting for news. The miners became separated Thursday evening as their 12-member crew tried to escape the fire. The rest of the crew and nine other miners in a different section of the mine escaped unharmed. The non-union mine is owned by Richmond, Va.-based Massey Energy. Pray for the families.. ![:(](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/jsf316/smilies/frown.gif)
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Post by emmarudd on Jan 21, 2006 22:59:52 GMT
awww thats is so sad
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Post by Jacks on Jan 21, 2006 23:27:20 GMT
Awww how sad ![:(](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/jsf316/smilies/frown.gif)
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