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A fire that broke out in a room at a Horseheads motel led to a victim hospitalized with burns, and the motel shut down Wednesday evening.

And more coal fired smoke stacks are smoke-free. the power plants beneath them cold and dark. the mines that once fed them abandoned. but for the past couple of years, miners and their families let themselves believe that a coal comeback was on the way thanks to promises like this. >> we are putting our great coal miners back to work. >> hes trying to get their votes. he isnt telling them the truth. >> hes lying to them? >> hes lying to them. >> you used to work in this mine. >> i was a face bos...

>> for 52 years, art sullivan worked in and consulted on mines around the world, and he bristles every time he hears the president claim to be the savior of coal. >> and that really disturbs me because these are really good people. these are the people that i spent my life working with. and if they have the truth, they will make the right decisions. >> reporter: if the president was honest, he would explain to those folks that mines like this are never, ever coming back to life again. not becaus...

And industry devastated with decline. >> 70 to 100 families. >> reporter: trump mentioned the new mine as he withdrew the u.s. from the paris climate accord. his famous pittsburgh, not paris speech. >> a big opening of a brand-new mine, its unheard of. for many, many years, it hasnt happened. they asked me if i would go. >> reporter: trump didnt go but sent video congratulations. >> as long as im the president of your great country, each and every day, im fighting for you. >> reporter: to hear t...

Consults the mining industry. where is that industry today? >> that industry is maybe at a temporary point of stability. >> reporter: hardly described a boom. more like a bump, as in a bump up, and not even a trump bump. sullivan says the new mine has been in the works for some time, long before trump took office. >> the planning was done during the obama administration. the permitting was done during the obama administration. the financing was done during the obama administration. >> reporter: ...

70 to 100 full-time job, it is welcomed in an industry devastated with decline. >> 70 to 100 families. >> reporter: trump mentioned the new mine as he withdrew the u.s. from the paris climate accord. his famous pittsburgh, not paris speech. >> unheard of. for many, many years, a brand-new mine hasnt happened. they asked me if id go. >> reporter: trump didnt go but sent video congratulations. >> as long as im the president of your great country, each and every day, im fighting for you. >> reporte...

>> that industry is maybe at a temporary point of stability. >> reporter: that hardly describes a boom. more like a bump, as in a bump up, and not even a trump bump. sullivan says the new mine has been in the works for some time, long before trump took office. >> the planning was done during the obama administration. the permitting was done during the obama administration. the financing was done during the obama administration. >> reporter: this is not a donald trump coal mine? >> no, it is not....