New Zealand ends bid to find bodies from 2010 mine blast

New Zealand ends bid to find bodies from 2010 mine blast
AFP
2/17/2021
AFP
© Marty Melville
Smoke rises from the Pike River Coal mine outside Greymouth following the 2010 disaster
A marathon effort to retrieve the remains of 29 miners killed more than a decade ago in one of New Zealand's worst industrial accidents was called off Wednesday after workers found their path blocked by a tunnel collapse.
The miners died at the South Island's Pike River pit in November 2010 after a blast triggered by a build-up of flammable methane gas.
The government at the time promised to retrieve the entombed remains but suspended operations due to fears of further explosions, angering families of victims.

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