QUETTA: Seven coal-miners burned to death in a huge fire triggered by methane gas blast in a mine in Harnai district of Balochistan, officials said on Tuesday.
It is the second incident in the province within the last few days that has claimed precious lives. On March 12, six coalminers were killed in similar circumstances in a coalmine in Marwar area of Bolan district.
Deputy Commissioner of Harnai District Sohail Anwar Hashmi told Dawn that methane gas had accumulated in a coalmine in the Torghar gas field area of the district, which caused a huge blast and fire inside the mine, trapping the workers busy in their work inside the mine.
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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.
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QUETTA, pakistan A methane gas explosion caused a mine to collapse and kill seven coal miners in southwestern Pakistan, a mining official said Tuesday, the second such incident in the region in less than a week.
The explosion took place Monday night, causing a coal mine to collapse in the district of Harnai in Baluchistan province, trapping several miners, according to a provincial chief inspector of mines, Shafqat Fayyaz.
Fayyaz said rescuers retrieved the bodies of the seven miners who were killed. He said an investigation was ordered into the incident, which came five days after six miners were killed in another mine explosion in Baluchistan.