Posted on 10/14/2022 6:26:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The explosion occurred 6:45 p.m. at the state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese Mudurlugu mine in the town of Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin.
Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said a preliminary assessment indicated the explosion was likely caused by firedamp — a reference to flammable gases found in coal mines.
There were 110 people in the mine at the time of the explosion, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, who traveled to Amasra to coordinate the rescue operation, told reporters. Most of the workers were able to evacuate following the blast, but 49 were trapped in a higher risk area of the facility, the minister said.
Soylu would not provide a number for those still trapped, saying some among the 49 had been lifted to safety.
“We are faced with a picture that we truly regret, that we regret to have to share (with the public),” Soylu said.
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Probably due to the Globalists trying to help Europe break their new-found ‘addiction’ to coal.
On average more American coal miners die each year than all the fatalities caused by reactor accidents in US atomic power plants in all their history combined.
God Bless Coal Miners. None of these parasite politicians have one tenth the guts an average coal miner does.
Prayers for them.
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