WARSAW, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) mining company said on Wednesday that all 10 missing miners had died in the accident at its Borynia-Zofiowka mine, which brought the death toll of two mine accidents last week in Poland to 18.
A high-energy shock with an intense outflow of methane took place on Saturday during the excavation and drilling work in the Borynia-Zofiowka mine in the south of the country. A total of 52 miners were working in the direct vicinity of the blast, of whom 42 were safe, while the other ten were found dead, according to JSW.
Meanwhile, the company said on Tuesday that the toll from a series of methane explosions at the nearby Pniowek mine earlier last week, which is also run by JSW, rose to eight. Seven other miners and rescuers remain missing.
Prosecutors have launched investigations into the accidents. ■