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At least 41 people have been killed in an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey.
The work to rescue 10 people buried underground was carried out overnight, but they were found dead and some of the injured were reported to be in a serious condition.
This is the report from Lee Dong-heon.
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In the evening on the 14th local time, an explosion occurred in a coal mine in the Amasra region on the Black Sea coast of northern Turkey.
110 people were working underground at the time of the accident.
People close to the ground quickly fled, but people working hundreds of meters underground suffered great damage.
Rescue teams arrived and carried out rescue operations, but 20 people were found dead and 11 people injured and taken to hospital.
Rescue work was carried out overnight as it was determined that around 10 people were trapped because a tunnel 300 meters underground had collapsed due to the explosion.
However, there was a fire in the tunnel and poisonous gas was produced, which made rescue work difficult.
The families of the missing people stayed at the scene all night, hoping they would be alive, but the rescue operation ended when they were all found dead.
[술레이만 소일루 / 튀르키예 내무장관 : 110명 중 58명은 자력 대피하거나 구조됐습니다. 광부 중 1명에 대해서는 아직 확인하지 못하고 있습니다.]
It is assumed that the accident occurred when the methane gas in the tunnel was ignited.
Black smoke from the fire in the tunnel is still rising at the accident site.
In 2014, a coal mine fire in the western Soma region of Turkiye claimed a total of 301 lives.
This is YTN Lee Dong-heon.
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