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Have. so the initial explosion -- there was a group of workers from the reports that we have that were nearby. and after the explosion, they were able to help those initial nine miners, seven were killed; two injured. so that was immediately after that. and then the five additional bodies that were found late this evening were said to be, according to state officials, between 1,000 and 2,000 feet away from the man trip. they're believed to have been killed in nainitial explosion as well. >> really? now the two that survived, were those the two that were transported to the hospital. we were rep...

There. also, we learned from state officials and federal officials last hour, there was a separate area, a stash, if you will, of self-contained self-rescuers, meaning emergency oxygen. the miners carry some with them. but then there is also this stash. and they said mine rescue teams did see indications that someone had gotten into that stash at some point, most likely after the explosion. >> goch a. those are the scsrs. i was listening to the press conference. >> reporter: the self-contained self-rescuers. that was another requirement after sago that have you to have certain amounts of emerg...

>> 12 fatalities? >> that's correct. >> how many injured? >> there is two injured that have been taken to area hospitals. >> you earlier mentioned two work crews on the firewall? >> i do not know which once are deceased and which ones are unaccounted for. we just have a total number now. we haven't started tying in to specific people yet. >> how about where -- >> we do not know that. i am sure the state will do a joint investigation, as well as the company after the fact. that's not something that we are looking at right now. we are focused on a rescue operation. and we will deal with the inve...

Conference in west virginia. here's hay portion of that news conference, recorded earlier from montcoal, west virginia. >> it appears like it was the initial blast. >> you are looking for 14 men? >> ummm... i don't have the numbers in front of me. i think it's 10 men that we are looking for right now. >> you mentioned also the rescue chambers in the mine, what about the [inaudible]? >> it was partially installed. it was not installed on the section that indicated where the people had gone past that point. so we than how many people were in that area but we don't know the exact location. we can...

So the rescuers are hope that this men that are trapped are underground and have grabbed the scsrs. we don't know how many have been taken. but up to 20 or 25 are stored in the chambers. so hopefully, all the rescuers underground do have access to the scsrs and to the chambers. we will know more as the rescue crews are able to get to those individuals. they are saying it is not a recovery operation, it is a rescue operation. the chambers are equipped with oxygen in order to keep these folks underground alive, up to four days. i assume that it will not move into a recovery effort for a few days...