A ‘Gassy’ Alabama Coal Mine Was Expanding Under a Family’s Home. After an Explosion, Two Were Left Critically Injured

ADGER, Ala.—He’d said he thought his home would explode. He was right.  W.M. Griffice, 78, had told his granddaughter, Kenzie, in the days leading up to March 8 that he felt like his house was going to explode, she recalled.  Company representatives with Oak Grove, a nearby coal mine, had visited Griffice’s home in Adger, … Continue reading A ‘Gassy’ Alabama Coal Mine Was Expanding Under a Family’s Home. After an Explosion, Two Were Left Critically Injured