Rescue workers used shovels and bare hands Monday to dig out victims buried by explosions in a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan, but officials fear all 52 miners underground at the time of the accident are dead.
People gather at the entrance of a coal mine after methane gas sparked an explosion in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan on Sunday. A government official said the possibility of finding survivors was slim. (Reuters)
Workers have recovered 24 bodies after digging through one of the mine’s three wings, said Iftikhar Ahmed, a top mine inspector.
