美国也有煤矿爆炸!

臭干子

TALLMANSVILLE, West Virginia -- A West Virginia coal mine explosion that may have been sparked by lightning trapped 13 miners 80 metres below ground yesterday, and rescuers went in to find them after waiting almost 12 agonizing hours for dangerous gases to clear.

2 d5 L/ m, H" W1 i* b3 }The condition of the miners was not immediately known. Four co-workers tried to reach them but were stopped by a wall of debris, and the blast knocked out the mine's communication equipment, preventing authorities from contacting the miners.

/ c" k8 F( o  x: f  M/ P+ XIt was not known how much air they had or how big a space they were in.
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9 q! w( s6 s+ LThe miners had air-purifying equipment but no oxygen tanks, a co-worker said.
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! n. ]8 e0 x9 y8 TCompany officials believe the trapped miners were about three kilometres inside the mine, about 80 metres under the ground.
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Anna McCoy said her husband, Randall, 27, was among those missing.

3 r* k% X2 T. [* F* JShe said he had worked at the mine for three years "but was looking to get out. It was too dangerous."

/ N: q+ [7 [9 y$ f. T- MU.S. government inspectors cited the mine for 46 alleged violations of federal mine health and safety rules during an 11-week review that ended Dec. 22, records showed.

maifang

只不过是工业化程度高，井下人人少，伤亡没有中国那么惨重。

yj151

看来矿难在哪都是一样的死亡率，无论发达或发展中国家。
为死者默哀！