Happy Ending for Bosnian Coal Mine Collapse
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Rescuers on Friday were pulling out some of the 34 miners who had been trapped deep inside a coal mine that collapsed in central Bosnia.
Tired, their faces smeared with coal dust, the men came out of the Zenica mine one by one, after spending the night more than 500 meters (1,600 feet) below the ground.
The mine union leader at the Zenica coal mine, Mehmed Oruc, said two tunnels in the mine collapsed Thursday evening following a gas explosion triggered by a minor earthquake that had hit the area near the town of Zenica, AP reported.
Anxious family members cried with happiness as they embraced their loved ones. Ambulances were parked outside the mine entrance to take the miners for a medical checkup.
More than two dozen emerged looking relatively well, but there was no firm information on the fate of those still in the mine.
