Rescuers recovered the bodies of 11 coal miners who died last week after a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Monday.
An operation is still underway to find a 12th worker of the 11 coal miners who has been missing since Thursday, when the explosion collapsed the mine in Singidi city in Balochistan province, said Abdul Ghani, a mines inspector.
Two more coal miners died on Sunday when another mine collapsed in Harnai, a district in Balochistan, he said.
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In the coal mining industry in Pakistan, authorities commonly ignore safety standards, leading to accidents and explosions that kill dozens of mine workers every year. Miners often complain that owners fail to install safety equipment.
Last week, Pakistani security forces rescued at least eight of the 16 mine workers. Local militants kidnapped the mine workers in the restive northwest. An operation is still underway to rescue the remaining miners.
This news is sourced from [Independent] and is for informational purposes only.
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