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Blast at Pakistan coal mine complex kills at least 18
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[Source: Reuters]At least 18 coal miners were killed after an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, the Balochistan government said.
A rescue operation is still underway to find and recover the remaining 14 trapped miners, the government said in a statement.
Shoaib Nosherwani, Balochistan’s minister for mines and mineral development, earlier told Reuters that 36 people were in the collapsed part of the complex at the time of the explosion.
Article continues after advertisementRescue efforts were under way at a depth of 4,000 feet (1,219 meters), said Muhammad Atif, the chief inspector of mines in the province.
The explosion occurred in Sorange, a remote area near the provincial capital Quetta.