Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 1—As soon as the fire started in the No. 3 slope of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. mine in the village of Wanamie on Feb.

Nearly 20 years after a mine fire ignited under Centralia, Pa., residents who still lived in the town had a dilemma on their hands: should they take a $25 million federal buyout or try to dig up part ...

A mine manager from Kentucky pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to cover up a fire and keep miners working despite the danger in an underground coal mine in southern Illinois. Timothy Brandon ...

TORONTO — A proposed mine in Ontario's Ring of Fire region has cleared another regulatory hurdle despite a First Nation's protest.

MOSCOW, Russia — A devastating fire swept through a Siberian coal mine Thursday, killing 52 miners and rescuers about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian news reports said. Hours after a ...

Deep in Pennsylvania sits a ghost town swallowed by fire, silence, and rumor. Centralia was once a normal mining community filled with families, shops, and church bells. Today, only steam vents, ...

A Wilkes-Barre Record headline on Feb. 9, 1907. A Wilkes-Barre Times headline on Feb. 12, 1907. As soon as the fire started in the No. 3 slope of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. mine in the village ...