Blast from a mine rattles community
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Posted: 5:35 PM Nov 20, 2009
Blast from a mine rattles community
A blast at a local mine rattled many folks in Knox County late Thursday afternoon.
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A blast at a local mine rattled many folks in Knox County late Thursday afternoon.

People that live in the Woodbine area say they heard an abnormally loud explosion from the mountain side coal company work site.

Officials say the blast was planned and no one was injured.

Crews are still on scene investigating the blast.


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Posted by: Jack Location: Harlan poor house on Nov 20, 2009 at 11:18 PM

If a common citizen done something like that they would be arrested for disturbing the peace at least. But its a coal co so lets investigate, what a joke. We need nuclear now to keep the lights on.

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