TEHRAN — Rescuers on Monday found bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 38, officials said.
Another 14 miners are still believed to be trapped below ground.The blast struck the coal mine in Tabas, about 540 southeast of the capital, Tehran, on Saturday night.On Sunday, weeping miners stood alongside mine cars that brought up the bodies of their colleagues, covered in coal dust.The state-run IRNA news agency on Monday reported the new death toll from the blast, as well as the number of missing.
Such gases are common in mining, though modern safety measures call for ventilation and other measures to protect workers.Iran's new reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian, preparing to travel to New York for the UN General Assembly, said Sunday that he ordered all efforts be made to rescue those trapped and aid their families.He also said an investigation into the explosion had begun.
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