Quetta (August 13, 2018): At least four miners were killed and 13 others were trapped after a gas explosion inside a coal mine in Sanjawi area some 30 kilometres from Quetta on Sunday night.
Rescue teams, FC Balochistan and Levies personnel reached the spot and launched rescue operation. Rescue sources said that 17 miners were working in the mine at the depth of 3,500 feet at the time of the explosion. Rescue teams have retrieved bodies of two miners so far and search for others is ongoing.
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Caretaker chief minister for Balochistan, Alauddin Marri, has expressed his grief sadness over the loss of precious lives in the incident. He has also asked the authorities concerned to expedite rescue operation.
Earlier on May 05, 17 labourers died and 6 others injured when coal mine caved-in in Quetta.
According to officials, coal mine incident occurred in Margut area of provincial capital, FC, PDMA and Edhi volunteers immediately rushed to the scene for rescue operation.
There were 23 labourers working at the time of coal mine incident, rescue workers shifted 17 dead bodies of labors, where as 6 people were admitted to hospital who got injured.
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