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Turkey: 40 people die as explosion rock coal mine

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Ankara: As many as 40 people have died due to an explosion which rocked a coal mine in Turkey on Friday, media reports said.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying by BBC that 58 miners had been rescued, 11 had been injured and one was unaccounted for.

Around 110 people were in the mine at the time of Fridays blast, almost half of them at more than 300m (984ft) deep, reports the British media.

Emergency workers are working for hours to pull out people trapped in the mine.

Interior Minister Soylu told reporters as quoted by BBC: We have counted 40 dead in total. Fifty-eight miners were able to be rescued, either by themselves or thanks to rescuers.

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