A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in japanese Iran, killing at the least 19 folks and injuring one other 17, Iranian state tv reported on Sunday (September 22, 2024).
The report mentioned the deaths occurred at a coal mine in Tabas, some 540 kilometers (335 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
Authorities had been sending emergency personnel to the realm after the blast late Saturday, it mentioned. Round 70 folks had been working there on the time of the blast.
Oil-producing Iran can also be wealthy in a wide range of minerals. Iran yearly consumes some 3.5 million tons of coal however solely extracts about 1.8 million tons from its mines per 12 months. The remaining is imported, usually consumed within the nation’s metal mills.
This isn’t the primary catastrophe to strike Iran’s mining business. In 2013, 11 staff had been killed in two separate mining incidents. In 2009, 20 staff had been killed in a number of incidents. In 2017, a coal mine explosion killed at the least 42 folks.
Lax security requirements and insufficient emergency providers in mining areas are sometimes blamed for the fatalities.
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