CAMERON, W.Va. (AP) — An explosion in an underground mine in West Virginia killed three people and injured three others early Wednesday, authorities said.
The six workers were digging an air shaft about 1,000 feet underground at the time of the blast at the McElroy Mining Co., said Jeff Gunn, a Marshall County emergency dispatcher.
The three injured were brought to the surface by mine rescue teams. Two of the injured were taken to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, and a third was taken to Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale.