A methane leak triggered an explosion at a coal mine in japanese Iran, killing not less than 19 individuals and injuring 17 others, Iranian state tv reported on Sunday (22 September 2024).
The report stated the deaths occurred at a coal mine in Tabas, about 540 kilometers (335 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
Authorities despatched emergency personnel to the world after the explosion on Saturday night time, the company stated. About 70 individuals had been working there on the time of the blast.
Oil-producing Iran can be wealthy in quite a lot of minerals. Iran consumes about 3.5 million tons of coal yearly, however mines solely about 1.8 million tons of it yearly. The remaining is imported and infrequently consumed within the nation’s metal mills.
This isn’t the primary catastrophe to hit Iran’s mining business. In 2013, 11 employees had been killed in two separate mining incidents. In 2009, 20 employees died in a number of incidents. In 2017, an explosion at a coal mine killed not less than 42 individuals.
Deaths are sometimes blamed on poor security requirements and insufficient emergency providers in mining areas.
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