On Jan. 2, 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia's Upshur County.

On Jan. 2, 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia's Upshur County.

A suspected methane gas explosion outside a supermarket in Chon Buri killed one welding worker and injured two others, including a customer.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern Russia on Monday and President Vladimir Putin dispatched his disasters minister to the scene to ...

Two miners have died due to a methane leak at a Polish mine where a gas explosion killed 14 in 2022, the mine's operator said on Tuesday.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — A devastating explosion in a ...

Thirteen miners died in a pair of explosions at the Jim Walter Resources Mine No. 5 on September 23, 2001. The initial explosion was caused by a roof fall that ignited methane gas, with a second, ...

On December 17, 2025, in Tongren, Guizhou, a boy's innocent fireworks prank turned dangerous when methane gas in a sewer ignited, causing a powerful explosion that launched a manhole cover into the ...

Oil and gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. The agency is giving them more time and may cancel the requirement. By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission on Dec. 18 approved new regulations to reduce methane emissions from landfills in Colorado. Denver ...