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Coal mine explosion: death doll rises to over 200 in Turkey
An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey has killed at least 200 people and trapped scores more in one of the country’s worst mining accidents.
The blast is thought to have been caused by an electrical fault which then triggered a power cut making the lifts unusable, leaving miners stranded some two kilometres underground.
Those who are known to have died were either burned or were poisoned by carbon monoxide.
Rescue workers immediately pumped oxygen down the mine to keep those…
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