It sounded like a "shotgun blast but much, much louder and more powerful," said Daniel Rockhouse, 24, whose brother Ben is still in the mine.

24岁的丹尼尔·洛克·豪斯说，爆炸听起来就像是“霰弹枪爆炸了，但是要响得多，威力也更大”。他的哥哥，本，至今仍被困井下。