Coal mine blast leaves three dead in Darra Adam Khel
All the labourers belong to district Shangla
KOHAT (Web Desk) – At least three labourers were killed and another wounded in a coal-mine blast in Darra Adam Khel area of Kohat district on Saturday.
As per the details, the incident took place in Darra Adam Khel area of Kohat when coal miners were busy in their routine work.
Soon after the blast, rescue officials reached the spot and shifted the wounded people to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar for medical assistance.
All the labourers belong to district Shangla.
On September 12, at least nine laborers lost their lives after an explosion occurred at a coal mine in Kohat’s Darra Adam Khel.
The blast took place due to leakage of gas took place in Akhurwal village as workers entered the coal mine at the start of the day, senior local administration official Shahid Ilyas said.
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.
