Deaths Put Focus On Breathing Devices: ; Three of the Five Miners Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Just As in Sago Disaster

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HOLMES MILL, Ky. - Autopsy findings indicating that three of five eastern Kentucky coal miners killed in an explosion died of carbon monoxide poisoning infuriated several family members still mourning their deaths.

The three men likely survived the initial blast but then died of carbon monoxide poisoning, Harlan County Coroner Philip Bianchi said Sunday based on preliminary autopsy results. The other two died from multiple blunt force trauma and heat injuries, probably because they were closer to the blast, he said.

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Deaths Put Focus On Breathing Devices: ; Three of the Five Miners Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Just As in Sago Disaster

Many family members recalled the Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia. The January blast killed one miner, then spread carbon monoxide that slowly asphyxiated 11 others. Questions have ...

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