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MELVILLE, W.Va. Rescuers spread out to search a smoky labyrinth for two coal miners Friday after a conveyor belt caught fire deep underground in the second major mining accident in West Virginia in less than three weeks.
Close to a day after the fire broke out, safety crews had yet to make contact with the two men, said Doug Conaway, director of the state Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training. Their odds of survival "are a little bit long," Gov. Joe Manchin said.See the full content of this document
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Another Mining Accident Strikes a West Virginia Town
It was unclear exactly where in the mine the men were. They were equipped with oxygen canisters that typically produce about an hour's worth of air.
The fire br...See the full content of this document
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