Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in Turkey began Saturday as officials raised the death toll to at least 41 people.
Desperate relatives had waited all night in the cold outside the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprise’s mine in the town of Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, hoping for news. There were 110 miners working several hundred metres below ground at the time of the explosion on Friday evening.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.
Eleven were injured and hospitalized, with five in serious condition, while 58 others managed to get out of the mine on their own or were rescued unharmed. A miner who works the day shift said he saw the news and hurried to the site to help with the rescue. Countries across the world offered their condolences to Turkey. Greece’s prime minister offered rescue assistance even though relations between the two neighbors have recently been particularly tense.Article content
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