Saturday, January 15, 2011
Mining Fire Extinguished
KENTUCKY...
A fire near a western Kentucky coal mine that apparently happened when a drilling rig hit a gas pocket has been put out.
The fire was extinguished Friday afternoon, a day and a half after it started near the mine owned by Warrior Coal. The mine remained idle, as it has been since Wednesday, when a roof convergence disrupted ventilation.
Two men, whose names Alliance declined to release, were injured and taken to a Madisonville hospital, where one was treated and released and the other remained hospitalized Friday.
Warrior Coal parent Alliance Resource Partners said earlier that the drilling was being done Thursday to address problems caused by the convergence.
Alliance Resource Partners general manager Heath Lovell said convergence occurs when pressure pushes the floor up toward the roof
A fire near a western Kentucky coal mine that apparently happened when a drilling rig hit a gas pocket has been put out.
The fire was extinguished Friday afternoon, a day and a half after it started near the mine owned by Warrior Coal. The mine remained idle, as it has been since Wednesday, when a roof convergence disrupted ventilation.
Two men, whose names Alliance declined to release, were injured and taken to a Madisonville hospital, where one was treated and released and the other remained hospitalized Friday.
Warrior Coal parent Alliance Resource Partners said earlier that the drilling was being done Thursday to address problems caused by the convergence.
Alliance Resource Partners general manager Heath Lovell said convergence occurs when pressure pushes the floor up toward the roof
# posted by Homer Owens @ 12:26 PM 
