An explosion in a West Virginia colemine has resulted in 25 confirmed deaths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8604170.stm
So many tragedies in such a short space of time...
Apparently everything that can be done is being done to try and reach the four miners believed to still be in the mine. It's really heart warming to hear the woman in the video become so emotional despite the fact that nobody that she knows is dead or trapped; it's obviously a very close-knit community.
I'm not religious, so i can't offer any prayers; but i hope the men unaccounted for turn up alive.
Another source (Yahoo News) mentions emergency chambers within the mine that may aid those trapped in surviving until they can be extracted:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100406/ts_nm/us_mining_massey_collapse

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i hope they had communication devices in that chambers

 

Update.
Another update (8.4.2010)