Posted on 12/21/2018 12:16:45 PM PST by BenLurkin
OKD, the company that operates the CSM mine near the city of Karvina, said 11 of those killed were Polish miners provided by a contractor agency, while two were Czech.
A further 10 miners were injured in the blast, with one in a critical condition, the Czech national news agency CTK reported.
OKD’s managing director, Boleslav Kowalczyk, said search and rescue operations had to be called off because of poor conditions in the mine.
The explosion occurred 800 meters (2,625 feet) below the surface just after 5 p.m. local time on Thursday. All underground work at the hard-coal mine was immediately halted and workers were evacuated, the company said.
The disaster is the worst mining accident to occur in the Czech Republic since 1990, when 30 miners died in a fire in another mine near Karvina, CTK reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
From the son and grandson of coal miners, prayers for the families. At Christmastime, too. Sad.
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