KABUL: As a result of an explosion in a coal mine in Samangan province at least seven miners, killed and two others were injured, the press office of the province’s governor said in a statement today.
According to the statement, the explosion occurred late last night in the coal mine located in the village of Gula in the Dara-e-Suf Payeen district of Samangan.
The bodies of the victims were retrieved from inside the tunnel, said the statement, adding security forces responded promptly to the incident and transported the injured individuals to the hospital.
The cause of the explosion in the Samangan coal mine remains unknown.
Previously, there were incidents of collapses in coal mines in Samangan where miners were trapped in tunnels but were rescued through the efforts of Emirati officials.