A tornado touching down at a mine in Wyoming has injured eight people and knocked over employee transport buses and empty train cars at the facility
CAMPBELL COUNTY, Wyo. — — A tornado that ripped through a massive coal mining site in northeast Wyoming halted operations, but only eight people were injured and no deaths were reported, officials said Saturday.
The Campbell County Fire Department responded to the surface mining operation about 64 miles south of Gillette. All workers were accounted for after a search by the mine's search and rescue team, which was assisted by the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office, Undersheriff Quentin Reynolds said.
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