Coal dust fire at Wyoming mine burns 3 miners

A fire at a Campbell County coal mine has left three coal miners with second- and third-degree burns. Officials with the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration say the men were burned Tuesday about 10:50 a.m. at a coal truck crusher dump while they were working to change a bearing on a chain conveyor at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine. They say that coal dust was ignited by embers and a burner used to heat the bearing race. The miners were transported to Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette and then sent to a hospital in Greeley, Colo. Their names were not released. The mine is owned by St. Louis-based Peabody Energy Corp. Peabody spokeswoman Charlene Murdock says the incident is under investigation.