Gas leakage explosion kills nine miners in Kohat
The security personnel said that the victims were belonged to Shangla district.
KOHAT (Dunya News) – At least nine laborers lost their lives after an explosion occurred at a coal mine in Kohat’s Darra Adam Khel today (Wednesday).
The blast took place due to leakage of gas. The incident, the second fatal coal mining accident in Pakistan in a month, happened in Akhurwal village as workers entered the coal mine at the start of the day, senior local administration official Shahid Ilyas told AFP.
He said the nine bodies and all the injured workers were later pulled out of the mine, with two seriously wounded. A senior local police official, Muhammad Ejaz, confirmed the incident and said they were investigating.
The security personnel said that the victims belonged to Shangla district.
Pakistan’s coal mines are notorious for poor safety standards. At least 18 miners were killed after a blast tore through a coal mine in Sinjidi village near the southwestern city of Quetta on August 13.
In a similar incident, at least 43 miners were killed in Sorange district of Balochistan in 2011.
--- with inputs from AFP.
