Six dead in Mexico mine accident:
TORREON, Mexico -- Six miners were killed and another rescued alive Friday after an accident in a coal mine in northern Mexico, officials said.
"Seven were trapped, one of them was rescued alive but unfortunately six were buried under the coal," Francisco Orduna, a spokesman for mine operator Altos Hornos de Mexico, told Radio Formula.
The accident, which took place in the morning, was caused by a gas blast that caused a cave-in and 100 tonnes of coal to collapse onto the miners, Orduna said.
At the time of the accident, about 200 miners were working in the mine, located between the towns of Palau and El Sauce. Most were quickly evacua...
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TORREON, Mexico -- Six miners were killed and another rescued alive Friday after an accident in a coal mine in northern Mexico, officials said.
"Seven were trapped, one of them was rescued alive but unfortunately six were buried under the coal," Francisco Orduna, a spokesman for mine operator Altos Hornos de Mexico, told Radio Formula.
The accident, which took place in the morning, was caused by a gas blast that caused a cave-in and 100 tonnes of coal to collapse onto the miners, Orduna said.
At the time of the accident, about 200 miners were working in the mine, located between the towns of Palau and El Sauce. Most were quickly evacua...
Keep on reading: Six dead in Mexico mine accident
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