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Poland coal mine blasts kill 4, injure 19; 7 missing
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WARSAW, 21 April 2022, (TON): Authorities said “methane explosions at a coal mine in southern Poland killed four people and injured 19, seven others were missing.”
The blasts took place at 12:15 a.m. local time, about 1,000 meters under the surface at the Pniowek mine in Pawlowice that is operated by the Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa, or JSW, mining company.
JSW officials said “immediate rescue operation by 13 units of rescuers had to be suspended because of a fire and the need to protect the rescuers.”
Mine authorities said “contact with seven of the rescuers has been lost during the operation.”
Doctors at the Siemianowice Slaskie hospital that specializes in treating burns say the condition of some of the injured is life-threatening.
They have suffered burns to their lungs and to large areas of their bodies.
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