At approximately 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, a massive explosion caused by coal dust and methane gas blasted through Scotia Coal Company No. 1 mine at Oven Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky, killing fifteen miners.
At approximately 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, a massive explosion caused by coal dust and methane gas blasted through Scotia Coal Company No. 1 mine at Oven Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky, killing fifteen miners.