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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rescuers recovered the bodies of 11 coal miners
who died last week after a methane gas explosion caused a coal
mine to collapse in southwestern Pakistan, officials said
Monday.
An operation is still underway to find a 12th worker who has
been missing since Thursday, when the mine collapsed in Singidi
city in Balochistan province, said Abdul Ghani, a mines
inspector.
Two more coal miners were killed on Sunday when another mine
collapsed in Harnai, a district in Balochistan, he said.
Safety standards are commonly ignored in the coal mining
industry in Pakistan, leading to accidents and explosions that
kill dozens of mine workers every year. Miners often complain
that owners fail to install safety equipment.
Last week, Pakistani security forces also rescued at least eight
of 16 mine workers who had been kidnapped by local militants in
the restive northwest, and an operation is still underway to
rescue the remaining miners.
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