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Coal mine collapse leaves six dead in SE Turkey

Ersin Çelik
16:27 - 17/10/2017 Tuesday
Update: 16:50 - 17/10/2017 Tuesday
Yeni Şafak
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Six miners were killed and another was wounded when part of a coal mine in Turkey's southeastern province of Şırnak collapsed on Tuesday.

Search and rescue teams were searching for trapped workers, according to reports.

Six of the seven workers trapped under the wreckage have died, and one miner is still being searched for, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency stated.


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