South African gold mine explosion kills twelve miners; Red Army Faction founder Ulrike Meinhof is found dead in her prison ...

A methane-triggered explosion at a Colombian coal mine killed nine workers weeks after safety warnings were issued.

Four men continue to fight for life and a fifth is in a serious condition after the explosion at a coal mine in Queensland.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine, killing 11 ...