Turkey: Coal Mine Explosion - Gallery

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An explosion in a coal mine in the western region of Turkey, many people have been killed and many others wounded.

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Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildijh said Soma Manisa province located in the electrical system in the mine explosion was caused by tripping. 787 people were present at the mine at that time.

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Energy minister says that aid in rescue operations continued throughout the night but the other one's chances of survival are much lower now.

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450 km west of Ankara, the Turkish capital out of the private mine gathered a large number of miners' families are concerned.

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Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildijh he said in a statement on TV that at least 80 people injured in the incident are

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The Minister also said that the miners in the mine at the time of the blasts so far only been able to find information about 360. These are among the miners who died.

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It is believed that the poisonous gas carbon monoxide inside the mine because of the people died. For those trapped inside the mine to pump out oxygen is being conveyed.

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Disturbances of the electrical power went inside the mine. Since there is no power coming up the elevator stopped working. According to information from the 2 km below ground and the people trapped inside the mine are 4 kilometers away from the main doors.

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The blast occurred at the mine Mngwar. The death toll was put at 17 at the beginning but later the death toll increases.

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Know from the pictures shown on TV is full of people that are helping aid. Some people were transported by ambulance on a stretcher

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Police families of the miners is keeping away from the main entrance of the mine in order to aid workers engaged in emergency services is not obstructed.