Third blast rocks New Zealand mine

A third blast erupted today inside the New Zealand mine where 29 workers were killed in an earlier explosion.

Third blast rocks New Zealand mine

A third blast erupted today inside the New Zealand mine where 29 workers were killed in an earlier explosion.

Pike River Coal chairman John Dow said today’s blast happened almost exactly a week to the minute after the first explosion that led to one of the country’s worst mining disasters.

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