The official death toll from the explosion at a coal mine in Turkey on Friday (), on the coast of the Sea Black, officially increased to 40 in this Saturday (11 ). In total, miners remain hospitalized, five of them in serious condition, and one remains missing.
“We arrived at 40 martyrs (dead) now Despite the fire (in the mine), the rescuers managed with great sacrifice to take others out 30 miners”, confirmed the Minister of the Interior, Suleyman Soylu.
A total of 110 miners were working at the Amasra mine, in the province of Bartin, at the time of the explosion, which for reasons still unknown occurred around
H10 Friday (11) to a depth of 300 meters. According to the Turkish newspaper Evrensel551281, a report by the The Court of Auditors already indicated in 2019 that gas leaks with risk of explosion were being recorded in this well.
