Rescue bid mounts for trapped miners - Yahoo! News: "Loretta Abel said her fiance was among the trapped miners.

'He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays,' she said in a telephone interview.

The explosion happened when the mine was reopening after being closed for the holidays, said Lara Ramsburg, spokeswoman for West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin.

Ramsburg said two cars had been entering the mine and the second car, carrying six miners, made it out after feeling the effects of the explosion.

The six miners tried to re-enter the mine to rescue their fellow workers but could not reach them, she said.

Since October, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued 50 citations to Sago mine, some as recently as December 21, including citations for accumulation of combustible materials such as coal dust and loose coal."