ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey on Friday has trapped dozens of miners, officials said. Nurtac Arslan said a total of 49 people were still trapped in the mine. Earlier, Amasra’s mayor, Recai Cakir, told HaberTurk television that there were 87 workers inside at the time of the blast. People rushed to the mine for news of trapped friends or colleagues, DHA reported. In Turkey’s worst mine disaster, a total of 301 people died in 2014 in a fire inside a coal mine in the town of Soma, in western Turkey.

Source: thestar October 15, 2022 00:05 UTC