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  1. Sago Mine disaster - Wikipedia

    The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, United States, near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and …

  2. Sago Mine Disaster 20 Years Later: Mining tragedy’s effects still ...

    6 hours ago · SAGO, W.Va. — Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s history. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion …

  3. CONCLUSION On January 2, 2006, an explosion occurred at approximately 6:26 a.m. in the mined-out area known as 2 North Mains and 2nd Left Mains of the Sago Mine.

  4. Safety grants created post-Sago Mine disaster in Trump peril

    1 day ago · At the 20th anniversary of the Jan. 2, 2006 Sago Mine explosion in Upshur County that left 12 miners dead, a competitive safety grant program aimed at better identifying and …

  5. 13 coal miners are trapped in Sago Mine disaster; 12 die

    Sep 6, 2019 · An explosion rocks the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia on January 2, 2006. 13 coal miners were trapped, and all but one eventually died.

  6. At approximately 6:30 am on January 2, 2006, an explosion occurred at the Sago mine in Upshur County, West Virginia. Fifty-two hours later, the bodies of 12 miners had been recovered from …

  7. 12 men killed in Sago mine disaster remembered 19 years later

    On January 2nd of 2006, the world’s attention was on the community of Sago. A mine explosion at around 6:30 that morning trapped 13 miners two miles below ground, and they were trapped for...

  8. Remembering the Sago Mine Disaster – Stories of Appalachia

    On January 2, 2006, a quiet morning turned into tragedy at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia. A powerful explosion trapped 13 miners underground for nearly two days. Of those 13, only …

  9. e-WV - Sago Mine Disaster

    An explosion at the Sago mine in Upshur County killed 12 men on January 2, 2006. The initial methane blast at 6:30 a.m. killed one worker. Twelve men sought refuge from the carbon …

  10. Sago Mine Disaster’s Aftershocks Still Reverberate, 20 Years Later

    11 hours ago · SAGO, W.Va. — 20 years ago today, 12 West Virginians lost their lives in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s history. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion and …