Hopes were fading today for four miners missing in a US pit after a massive explosion that killed 25 others.

Twenty-five workers have been killed and at least four are unaccounted for after an explosion rocked a remote coal mine in the US.

Thirteen US miners trapped in a coal mine explosion in Tallmansville, West Virginia today are about three miles underground, state officials said.

Thirteen US miners were trapped today in an underground explosion at a coal mine in Tallmansville, West Virginia.