61.   DeFosset said there was an explosion Sunday afternoon after a cave-in hit electrical equipment and ignited methane gas.

62.   Dumpsite fires are mostly caused by either scavengers or methane gas.

63.   Eight coal miners were injured Tuesday in an explosion caused by methane gas in a coal mine in Vulcan, western Romania, national radio said.

64.   Falling rock struck a battery generator, creating sparks that ignited methane gas, Hall said.

65.   Fuad said if the fire was not put out by tomorrow afternoon, affected areas may be blown up using explosives to release the methane gas collected beneath.

66.   Fuad said the committee, which he chairs, had also recommended that iron pipes be planted into the dumpsite to allow the methane gas to escape.

67.   Gov. Roy L. Schneider has promised quick action to control the fire, which is fed by underground methane gases.

68.   He said ethane and methane gas were burning.

69.   He said devices worn by workers detected the presence of methane gas, and the explosion occurred after evacuation began.

70.   He said he heard accounts of prisoners corralled into chambers, showered with methane gas pumped in through ventilation pipes, and their corpses burned.