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The ignition started at the cutter head with a loud pop

Lou Caruana
The ignition started at the cutter head with a loud pop.

The ignition started at the cutter head with a loud pop.

The continuous miner was cutting in a place change panel. A frictional ignition occurred as the miner sumped into the left-hand side of the face and intersected a borehole. The ignition started at...

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