Beijing, May 31 (IANS) Five persons died and one other was injured when a collapse occurred during illegal mining activities in Huize County of China’s Yunnan Province on Sunday, officials said.The incident took place at around 4:30 a.m. in Baiwu village of Nagu Town in Huize County, according to local authorities.Emergency response, public security, firefighting, health and natural resources departments from the city of Qujing and Huize County launched rescue operations, pulling out all six tra…
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Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) Two miners were killed and another injured in two separate coal mine incidents in Shangla district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Thursday. The first incident took place at Mine No 5 of Akhorwal coal mines. The sources revealed two workers were buried during debris during operations in the mine. Rescue teams, fellow miners and local residents retrieved the trapped workers after working for nearly two and a half hours, Pakistan’s leadin…
Kabul, Feb 17 (IANS) Two miners were killed and two others sustained injuries due to a blast inside a mine in the northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said Tuesday. The accident occurred in Ragistan district on Monday afternoon, leaving two dead on the spot and injuring two others, the official added without furnishing more details, Xinhua News Agency reported.It was the second accident of its kind in Afghanistan over the past week. In the pre…
Kabul, Feb 11 (IANS) One person was killed and another injured in a mine collapse in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local media reported on Wednesday citing local police officials. In a statement on Wednesday, the provincial police headquarters stated that the incident took place at a sapphire mine in the Mamand Tor Nawo area of Spin Ghar district on Tuesday, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.According to the statement, one person was killed while another was injured after they were buried under …