KARACHI: Six employees have been killed in a strong gasoline explosion in a coal mine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, a media report stated on Sunday. All of the victims have been working within the coal mine within the Shahrag coal area space of Harnai district within the province when the explosion happened on Saturday, Daybreak newspaper reported.
A portion of the mine had collapsed after the explosion, leaving all of the miners trapped.
Rescue groups and different miners within the neighborhood rushed to the positioning to assist the trapped and retrieve the our bodies, it stated.
All of the victims belonged to the Shangla space of Swat.
Speaking in regards to the incident, Chief Inspector of Mines Ghani Baloch stated a fireplace erupted after the gasoline explosion some 1,500 ft deep contained in the mine, which blocked its mouth.
He stated rescue groups have up to now managed to recuperate 5 our bodies.
“One physique continues to be buried underneath the particles,” the official stated, including that the incident happened at 9 am on Saturday when the miners have been digging out coal.
A probe has been ordered into the incident.
Final week, a gasoline blast at a coal mine in Orakzai tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed 9 employees and injured 4 others.
A portion of the mine had collapsed after the explosion, leaving all of the miners trapped.
Rescue groups and different miners within the neighborhood rushed to the positioning to assist the trapped and retrieve the our bodies, it stated.
All of the victims belonged to the Shangla space of Swat.
Speaking in regards to the incident, Chief Inspector of Mines Ghani Baloch stated a fireplace erupted after the gasoline explosion some 1,500 ft deep contained in the mine, which blocked its mouth.
He stated rescue groups have up to now managed to recuperate 5 our bodies.
“One physique continues to be buried underneath the particles,” the official stated, including that the incident happened at 9 am on Saturday when the miners have been digging out coal.
A probe has been ordered into the incident.
Final week, a gasoline blast at a coal mine in Orakzai tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed 9 employees and injured 4 others.
