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Pakistan: 7 coal miners killed in Balochistan’s Harnai in second incident in a weekInternational
2021-03-17,
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Seven miners were killed in a blast at a coal mine in the Harnai area of Balochistan on Monday night, the second such deadly incident in the region in a week.
A build-up of methane gas in the mine in the Torghar gas field in the district caused an explosion while the workers were inside, Deputy Commissioner Sohail Anwar Hashmi told Reuters.
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of all seven coal miners this morning, who burnt to death as a huge fire broke out in the mine after the blast, Chief Inspector of Mines Shafqat Fayyaz told Reuters.