West Virginia: Six miners were killed in an explosion, 21 missing (video)
CNN reports that six miners were killed Monday in an explosion in an underground mine in West Virginia in the United States, citing an official. Twenty-one other miners were unaccounted for and 21 others were hurt in the blast, which occurred in Raleigh County, according to Boone County dispatcher Michael Mayhorn.
Raleigh County officials called his office and those of nearby Logan and Kanawha counties to assist in responding to a mine collapse, he said. At least 20 ambulances and three helicopters were dispatched, and the state medical examiner was en route, Mayhorn said.
The explosion happened at about 4:30 p.m. at Massey Energy's Performance Coal Co. mine in Whitesville, 30 miles south of Charleston, CNN affiliate WCSH reported.
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