At least 30 people have been finished and 17 are injured after a methane leak promoteed an explosion at a coal mine in easerious Iran, state media tells.
Another 24 miners are supposed to be trapped inside after the explosion struck a mine in Tabas, some 335 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran.
The state-run IRNA novels agency shelp authorities had sent aascfinishncy personnel to the area.
Around 70 people had been toiling there at the time of the blast, which happened defercessitate Saturday.
It is not clear if any remain trapped inside.
Iran’s novel pdwellnt Masoud Pezeshkian, preparing to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, shelp he ordered all efforts be made to save those trapped and help their families.
He also shelp an spendigation into the incident had toleratemament.
This is not the first catastrophe to strike Iran’s mining industry.
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The scene outside the mine after the blast. Pic: AP
In 2017, a coal mine explosion finished at least 42 people, while 11 toilers were finished in two split mining incidents in 2013.
Lax safety standards and inample aascfinishncy services in mining areas are normally accused for the overweightalities.
Iran annupartner uses some 3.5 million tons of coal but only reshifts about 1.8 million tons from its mines per year. The rest is convey ined, normally used in the country’s steel mills.
