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Death Toll From Coal Mine Blast in Turkey Rises to 25 - Authorities
Death Toll From Coal Mine Blast in Turkey Rises to 25 - Authorities
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ANKARA (Sputnik) - The death toll from the explosion at a coal mine in northern Turkey now stands at 25, the authorities in the province of Bartin, where the... 14.10.2022, Sputnik International
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"The death toll is 25 people," the Bartin authorities said on social media.According to the health minister, 17 people were injured in the explosion.Earlier on Friday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that 14 people were killed by the blast. It was later reported that 22 people died.The explosion occurred in a mine in northern Turkey, there are workers under the rubble, CNN Turk reported earlier. A Haber broadcaster reported, citing local authorities, that 115 workers had been at the site of the explosion at a depth of 300 meters underground, some of them were evacuated. Forty-nine workers are blocked, Bartin Governor Nurtac Arslan said.The Turkish disaster and emergency management agency AFAD said that the blast appeared to have been caused by a transformer.Rescuers and firefighters were dispatched to the mine. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the ministers of interior and natural resources to travel to the area.According to Turkish media reports, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit the site of the accident on Saturday.
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Death Toll From Coal Mine Blast in Turkey Rises to 25 - Authorities
20:49 GMT 14.10.2022 (Updated: 18:51 GMT 03.11.2022) ANKARA (Sputnik) - The death toll from the explosion at a coal mine in northern Turkey now stands at 25, the authorities in the province of Bartin, where the accident occurred on Friday, said.
"The death toll is 25 people," the Bartin authorities said on social media.
According to the health minister, 17 people were injured in the explosion.
Earlier on Friday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that 14 people were killed by the blast. It was later reported that 22 people died.
The explosion occurred in a mine in northern Turkey, there are workers under the rubble, CNN Turk reported earlier. A Haber broadcaster reported, citing local authorities, that 115 workers had been at the site of the explosion at a depth of 300 meters underground, some of them were evacuated. Forty-nine workers are blocked, Bartin Governor Nurtac Arslan said.
"Forty-four workers are located 300 meters [984 feet] below the ground and five 350 meters below the ground," Nurtac Arslan told reporters.
The Turkish disaster and emergency management agency AFAD said that the blast appeared to have been caused by a transformer.
Rescuers and firefighters were dispatched to the mine. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the ministers of interior and natural resources to travel to the area.
According to Turkish media reports, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit the site of the accident on Saturday.
