Iran blast kills more than 50 mine workers
The Peninsula
Tehran: A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said Sunday, in one of the country s deadliest...
Tehran: A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said Sunday, in one of the country's deadliest work accidents in years.
"The number of dead workers increased to 51" in the explosion at the Tabas mine in eastern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported, revising an earlier death toll of 30.
It added that 20 other people were injured.
The explosion occurred at around 9pm (1730 GMT) on Saturday, when around 70 workers were present at the site in South Khorasan province, IRNA said.
According to the report, a leak of methane gas led to the blast in two blocks of the mine, which is owned by private Iranian firm Madanjoo.
