EMERGENCY OF PLACES OF THE COAL SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AND METHANE EXPLOSION IN THE MINED-OUT ZONE OF THE EXTRACTION AREA
Recently, one of the main types of accident in high-performance mines of Russia has been methane explosions, which occur suddenly and, therefore, with catastrophic consequences. The accidents are caused by the transition to multi-drive technology for the preparation of extraction panels, during which the places of the coal spontaneous heating and combustion are not detected, but are manifested by methane explosions or (rarely) coal combustion products emerging from the mined-out area.