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| Date | January 2, 2006 |
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| Location | Sago, West Virginia |
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| 12 dead | |
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] It was the worst mining disaster in the United States since the Jim Walter Resources Mine disaster in Alabama on September 23, 2001,[2][3] and the worst disaster in West Virginia since the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster. It was exceeded four years later by the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, also a coal mine explosion in West Virginia, which killed 29 miners in April 2010.
The disaster received extensive news coverage worldwide. After mining officials released incorrect information, many media outlets initially reported, erroneously, that 12 of the miners survived.[4]
- ^ Dao, James (January 4, 2006). "12 Miners Found Alive 41 Hours After Explosion", nytimes.com; accessed May 27, 2016.
- ^ "Jim Walter Resources Mine Disaster archive at United Mine Rescue Association webpage". Usmra.com. September 23, 2001. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ Roston, Aram (September–October 2002). "Fire in the Hole". Motherjones.com. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ Davis, Matthew (January 5, 2006). "US mining safety under scrutiny". BBC News. Retrieved April 24, 2013.