RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 2 : Turkey - Explosion

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Situation Update No. 2 Posted:2010-02-23, 18:07:04 [UTC] Ref.no.: EX-20100223-25046-TUR Situation Update No. 2 On 2010-02-24 at 17:50:36 [UTC] Event: Explosion Location: Turkey Province of Balikesir Dursunbey Coal Mine Dursunbey Number of Deads: 13 person(s) Number of Injured: 18 person(s) Situation: A methane explosion at a coal mine in north-west Turkey killed 13 workers - not 17 as earlier reported - Turkish officials have said. They said 18 people were in hospital, with four in critical condition. The blast on Tuesday caused an underground chamber to collapse at a mine 20km (12 miles) outside Dursunbey, in Balikesir province. Some 33 workers were rescued after the explosion, which came two months after a blast at a mine in Bursa killed 19. The mine's owner said it had buried the miners nearly 820ft (250m) below the surface. Labour Minister Omer Dincer said officials had initially overstated the death toll because four bodies had been counted twice. Seventeen workers were killed in a similar blast at the mine in 2006, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported. The safety record of Turkey's coal mining industry lags behind that of most industrial nations, analysts say. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu