Poland, September 18: SEVEN coal miners have died in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in southern Poland.
The disaster happened at the Wujek-Slask pit in Ruda Slaska-Kochlowice, Poland’s Mine Authority spokeswoman Edyta Tomaszewska said .
Wujek-Slask mine spokesman Andrzej Bielecki said 38 miners were underground in the area when the blast occurred 1050 metres underground.
Twenty-nine injured miners escaped to the surface while the remaining men were evacuated by mine rescue workers, Mr Bielecki said.
The death toll could rise as several miners sustained serious burns, he said.
—Agencies