Reporter West Virginia state police are confirming there are two people dead in this coal mining accident. We are told two people are trapped now police are confirming two people dead. There are reports of people dead but fox has not confirmed the names. We now know they did not survive. Police say their bodies have been recovered. Bill . We know what happened . Reporter according to the Health Mine Safety it was ground failure. It was a coal outburst. Its a sudden outburst of coal and gas. Thats coming in that this was caused by a coal outburst at the brody mine number one in boone county. Its owned by patriot coal based in st. Louis, missouri. This mine had 253 significant and substantial infractions against it in 2013. Coal mining is a very dangerous industry and there are a lot of rules and regulations so its not unusual there would be some sort of infractions a mine might have. We dont know how significant these infractions were in 2013. Bill sat sad youth news out of West Virgini
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