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Explosion at Greenhills mine hospitalizes three Explosion occurred in coal drying room Sunday, at mine near Elkford SAR AH KUCHARSKI The Free Press
On Sunday, April 5 an explosion at Greenhills mine near Elkford occurred sending three to hospital with burns. The explosion occurred Sunday morning at approximately 11 a.m. STARS was dispatched to the scene at 11:26 a.m. According to David Haslam, Communications Coordinator with the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the explosion happened in the coal drying operation of the mine. The employees were not believed to be inside at the time, but were located outside of the room at the time of the blast. Haslam described the incident as a “flash fire.” Spokesperson for B.C. Ambulance Libby Brown said the three injured, two men and one woman, were initially being treated for second- and third-degree burns. One of the injured
was sent to Fernie Hospital for treatment and at least one of the others has been transferred to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary. “We initially transferred two of them to Sparwood and one to Fernie,” said Brown. “One or possibly two of them have been brought to Calgary.” Haslam said that Chief Inspector of Mines Al Hoffman is currently investigating the incident. “He and two other mine inspectors are on route to the mine site,” said Haslam. “We will provide more information as it becomes available.” A statement from Teck has stated that no major impact to the operation has been made due to the flash fire. The cause of the explosion is not yet known. The Teck-owned mine is eight kilometres northeast of Elkford. A previous explosion at Greenhills in June 2010 resulted in four employees being treated for smoke inhalation. The cause was a dryer exploding and caused extensive damage to the building and resulted in a temporary closure.
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Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks commends his players for a fine effort following a 6-5 loss to the Campbell River Storm in the Cyclone Taylor Cup finale. While the loss is disappointing, the Nitros took Kimberley fans on an exciting ride this season, exceeding all expectations and making the home town very proud indeed. See more in Sports.
Assault suspects arrested in Cranbrook THE C ANADIAN PRESS
Two men have been arrested in Cranbrook in connection with the beating and disappearance of an Alberta man. Insp. Gibson Glavin says RCMP in Cranbrook, B.C., arrested the men Sunday after spotting them in a 2008 Dodge Charger, which officers have been watching for since an assault was reported by a passing motorist near Cochrane, Alta., on March 29. RCMP say they believe the victim of that assault was 32-year-old Nicholas Lush, who Glavin says was reported missing at about the same time. Police say the men have been returned to Alberta to
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Nick Lush has been missing since March 29. Two men arrested in Cranbrook face charges related to his disappearance.
face charges in Lush’s disappearance, but their identities have not been released and the charges they’ll face won’t be
available until Monday. Glavin says a motive for the attack or the disappearance isn’t known, although he believes investigators will get closer to learning it now that the two men are in custody. Glavin says police hope Lush is still alive, noting they don’t have any reason to believe otherwise. “We’re going to hope, and continue to hope, that he’ll be found alive until evidence leads us to no longer have that hope,” Glavin said Sunday. Glavin said the witness last month told police that two men were beating a third man outside of a vehicle that was parked on Highway 1 near Cochrane. The witness said all
three men then took off in the vehicle. Glavin said the suspects were arrested in Cranbrook without incident. The Dodge Charger has been secured for forensic examination. Lush, who is from the Calgary area, is not known to police, Glavin said. Police are asking for the public’s help to find him. Lush is Caucasian, five-feettwo-inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair and numerous tattoos. He was last seen wearing a black “Sons of Anarchy” T-shirt, a green camouflage spring jacket, blue jeans, and black DC running shoes.