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Rescue officials and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin just announced a huge setback in their efforts to find the four miners still missing inside the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va.
Repeated readings for carbon monoxide, methane and other gases indicated a potentially explosive mixture, prompting a decision to pull four rescue teams from the mine just five hours after they went in early this morning.
"We've had a setback," said Kevin Stricklin, coal administrator for the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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