People carrying a person, who was injured as gas explosions tore through two neighbouring coal mines in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday — BBC QUETTA, May 06 (Agencies): Twenty-three people were killed and 11 wounded after gas explosions tore through two neighbouring coal mines in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Sunday.
A cave-in at a mine in Marwaarh, east of the city of Quetta in Balochistan, killed 16 miners. Seven more were killed in a landslide at another mine nearby.
Rescue teams are trying to find others still trapped in the rubble. Balochistan is rich in minerals but its mines have a poor safety record.
At least 15 more miners were injured in the two incidents. Officials said the blast was caused by a build-up of methane gas.
Shortly before midday on Saturday, a build-up of methane caused an explosion and tunnel collapse at a mine in Marwaarh, east of Quetta, the capital of the fossil fuel-rich Balochistan province bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
Jawaid Shahwani, the top government official in Quetta, said 16 of the 25 people inside the mine at the time were killed, with the remaining miners rescued.
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