Search Expands For 3 Missing At West Virginia Mine

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CLEAR CREEK, W.Va. (AP) – Workers are removing water and pumping fresh air into a nonoperational coal mine in West Virginia as they search for three people stuck inside.
The state Office of Miner’s Health, Safety and Training said Tuesday that a man who emerged on his own from the underground Rock House Powellton mine provided details about the location of the three, who he said were alive.
The state said rescue teams explored the mine overnight, bu