This page contains links related to the disaster which occurred at the Sago Mine, Tallmansville, West Virginia, owned by the International Coal Group.
Eighteen miners were underground at approximately 6:30 am when the explosion occurred. Five miners returned to the surface, forced back by high levels of carbon monoxide and smoke. Of the remaining twelve miners, one miner survived. Eleven miners, including the survivor, had barricaded themselves in the mine. The barricaded miners were found approximately 40 hours after the explosion occurred.
This page contains links related to the disaster which occurred at the Sago Mine, Tallmansville, West Virginia, owned by the International Coal Group.