Kikon, who is in Bhandari to take stock of the situation, said the workers, all from Assam, were engaged in digging inside the illegal rat-hole mine when there was a fire killing six of them and critically injuring four others. The injured were rushed to a hospital in Dimapur, an official said. Nagaland: Six Die, Four Injured in Illegal Coal Mine Accident in Wokha District.
More than two months after 15 people were trapped inside a 370-foot-deep rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills district, the Indian Navy on Wednesday recovered one more highly decomposed body of a miner, according to reports.
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Meghalaya: Six dead in illegal coal mine disaster
A mechanical structure collapsed at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills district, killing six miners, an official said on Friday. The tragedy occured at the tri-junction of Dienshalalu, Sarkari and Rymbai villages late Thursday, Deputy Commissioner E Kharmalki said. Altogether six persons were killed. While the workers were digging a hole in the mine the mechanical structure got dismantled following which they fell into a pit and died, he said.
Five of the deceased have been identified, the official said, adding, most of them are from neighbouring Assam.