MIners died after a methane gas explosion. AFP/File
Quetta: Six miners were found dead on Friday after they were trapped inside a coalmine in Bolan district that collapsed following a methane gas explosion the previous day.
A miner who went inside the mine to rescue his colleagues also lost his life after he inhaled the gas, according to an official of the Mines Directorate.
The explosion took place around 1,000 feet deep inside the mine in Marwar on Thursday when eight workers were busy digging for coal, Naseer Khan Nasar, Director General of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), said.
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afgh.
Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, officials with the provincial Directorate of Mines told Reuters.
Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, officials said on Friday.
They were among eight miners trapped about 1,000 feet underground when accumulating methane gas exploded at the coalfield in Marwar in the province of Balochistan, the officials said.
“Six bodies have been retrieved by the rescue team from the affected mine this morning,” a senior official of the directorate of mines said.
“(The) mine has been closed and an inquiry has been ordered by the Chief Inspector of Mines into the incident.”
A heavy boulder had fallen on eight miners on Thursday afternoon, local rescue official Imdad Khan said.