WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary

By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on: Monday, April 5, 2021

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (OVR) — Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010. Federal mine safety investigators determined that a buildup of methane gas and coal dust led to the explosion at the Massey Energy-owned mine. It… Read More