Inquiry is begun on blast that killed seven miners

Investigators Thursday sought the cause of a blast that killed seven Kentucky miners - including three brothers and a nephew -- in an explosion in a family-run coal pit that used a controversial blasting technique.

It was the fourth Appalachian coal disaster in six weeks. The death toll is 31.

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