10 miners missing after trembling at 2nd coal mine in Poland
WARSAW: Coal mining authorities in Poland said on Saturday that contact has actually been lost with 10 miners following an underground trembling and methane gas discharge at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine in the south of the nation.
The accident at 3:40 am on Saturday took place some 900 metres underground.
It was the 2nd colliery mishap in just 4 days in the coal mining region around the town of Jastrzebie-Zdroj, near the Czech border.
Repeat methane blasts considering that Wednesday at the neighboring Pniowek mine have eliminated 5 and left 7 missing and hurt dozens. Both mines are operated by the JSW business.
The business said that 52 workers were in the location of the tremor at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine and 42 of them were able to leave the shaft by themselves. A rescue operation has actually been introduced for the 10 missing out on miners.
Published at Sat, 23 Apr 2022 09:24:50 +0000