2001 Jim Walter No. 5 Mine explosion

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The 2001 Jim Walter No. 5 Mine explosion was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:15 p.m. on September 23, 2001, at the Jim Walter Resources No. 5 Mine in Brookwood. Thirteen miners were killed when a cave-in in the vertical shaft coal mine released methane gas that fueled two major explosions.

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