Martin County coal slurry spill

When

11 Oct 2000

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

37.88° N, 82.62° W

Description

2000 environmental disaster in Martin County, Kentucky

2000 environmental disaster in Kentucky, US

The Martin County coal slurry spill was a mining accident that occurred after midnight on October 11, 2000, when the bottom of a coal slurry impoundment owned by Massey Energy in Martin County, Kentucky, broke into an abandoned underground mine below. The slurry came out of the mine openings, sending an estimated 306 million US gallons of slurry down two tributaries of the Tug Fork River.

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