Death toll rises to at least 34 after blast at coal mine near Quetta
- Rescue operation still underway, says authorities
A powerful methane gas explosion in a Pakistan coal mine killed at least 34 miners in Balochistan, with rescue operations ongoing for two trapped.
- Ongoing rescue efforts for trapped miners.
- The powerful methane gas explosion's cause.
- The remote location of the mining complex.
QUETTA: An explosion buried parts of a mining complex and killed at least 34 miners in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Thursday, a Pakistani official said.
A rescue operation is still underway to find and recover the remaining two trapped miners, said Muhammad Fahad, director of operations for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority.
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.
Coal mine complex blast kills 11, dozens missing
Rescue 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. Abdul Ghani Baloch, a senior government mining official in the region, said:
“Two mines close to each other were damaged in a powerful methane gas explosion.”
The explosion occurred in Sorange, a remote area near the provincial capital Quetta.
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