EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine, killing 11 ...

MOSCOW, Russia — A devastating fire swept through a Siberian coal mine Thursday, killing 52 miners and rescuers about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian news reports said. Hours after a ...

A methane explosion occurred at the Severnaya coal mine in Vorkuta (Komi Republic) on February 25, 2016. As a result of the incident, 36 people were killed. All the details are in the Izvestia article ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Search and rescue personnel on Saturday finished recovering the bodies of a group of miners who were ...