People gather after a coal mine collapsed in Zonguldak, Türkiye on Sept. 13, 2023.
At least one worker was killed and three others were injured after a coal mine collapsed in northern Türkiye, the state-run TRT reported on Wednesday. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)
ANKARA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least one worker was killed and three others were injured after a coal mine collapsed in northern Türkiye, the state-run TRT reported on Wednesday.
There was a collapse in a coal mine of the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises near the Eregli district of Zonguldak Province for an unknown reason, the TRT reported.
Zonguldak Governor Osman Hacibektasoglu told NTV broadcaster that four workers were trapped under the rubble during the shift where 280 people worked, but one of the rescued workers died.
In 2014, as many as 301 people died in Türkiye's worst mine disaster in a fire inside a coal mine in Soma town of western Manisa province. ■
