A methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Tabas, Iran, has tragically killed 51 workers and injured 20 others. Rescue teams are working to recover 22 workers still trapped underground.
TEHRAN — A mine blast in eastern Iran has killed 51 people, state media said Sunday, revising an earlier toll of 30 dead.'The number of dead workers increased to 51, and the number of injured increased to 20' in the explosion at the Tabas mine, the official IRNA news agency reported.'Javad Ghenaat, governor of South Khorasan province, where the mine is located, told state TV that rescue teams were working to recover 22 trapped workers.
photo provided by the Iranian Red Crescent shows security forces gathered at the scene of a blast at a coal mine in Tabas in Iran’s Khorasan province on Sept. 22, 2024. AFP PhotoAccording to IRNA, '17 others were injured' in the explosion at around 9 p.m. on Saturday when 69 workers were present at the site.It said a leak of methane gas led to the blast in two blocks of the mine.
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