TEHRAN, May 8, YJC - Rescue teams have reclaimed 13 more bodies on Monday morning from a coal mine that collapsed in northeast of Iran after gas explosion last week, local authorities said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Director of crisis management headquarters in Iran’s northeastern
province of Golestan told reporters on Monday morning that rescuers have
detected the remaining bodies of the coal miners and are trying to
retrieve them from the mine.
22 bodies had been already recovered from ‘Zemestan-Yurt’ mine in Golestan after a gas explosion killed 35 miners on May 3.
The
blast occurred at midday at a depth of 1,200 meters in the coal mine.
Officials say the explosion occurred after a locomotive stalled
underground and the workers tried to jump-start the vehicle with an
external battery. Electric sparks triggered the explosion in the tunnel
filled with methane.
In a message following the disaster, Leader
of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed deep
sorrow over deaths of the miners, urging various organizations to
"accelerate their efforts as much as possible” to deal with the
incident.
Source: Tasnim News Agency