Four passed as gas trickle triggers blast in spark cave nearby Quetta
Poor reserve measures in spark mines have mostly caused incidents of explosions in a mines of Balochistan. PHOTO: REUTERS
QUETTA: Four spark miners died on Friday after their cave was filled with unwholesome gas in Sanjdi area nearby Quetta.
According to a internal Levies force, a accumulation of gas led to an blast and 4 miners mislaid their lives.
The defunct were identified as Asif Ali, Ishrat Hussain, Sand Chacha and Muhibullah.
Two other miners postulated injuries, Levies officials said.
Rescue workers rushed to a mark and pulled out a bodies and a injured, who were taken to Civil Hospital Quetta.
Four killed as coalmine caves in Balochistan
The passed labourers belonged to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and their bodies were sent to their local towns.
Poor reserve measures in spark mines have mostly caused incidents of explosions in a mines of Balochistan.
In May, 4 spark miners were killed when a mine they were operative in caved in on them in Sor Range Coalfield.
In 2015, 8 miners died during a Duki Coalfield in Loralai district when a methane buildup caused an explosion, trapping them in. It took 3 days to retrieve their bodies since rescue officials had to be called in from Quetta, that is around 300 kilometers away.
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