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More than 50 miners trapped in explosion in Iran, some feared dead

Published: 03 May 2017 - 03:27 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 08:09 am
Photo credit: Tasnim agency

Photo credit: Tasnim agency

Reuters

More than 50 miners were trapped after a huge explosion in a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday, and some were feared to have died, state media reported. 

The reports said more than a dozen injured people had been transferred to hospital after the blast at 12:45 p.m. local time in the Zemestanyurt coal mine in Golestan province.