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2nd LD: Iran coal mine explosion kills at least 2, trapping dozens

Xinhua, May 3, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least two miners were killed and 21 others injured in a coal mine explosion in the northern Iranian province of Golestan on Wednesday, Press TV reported.

Sadegh-Ali Moqaddam, head of the emergency department of Golestan Province, said that up to 50 people are believed to be trapped in the mine.

Officials have blamed accumulated methane gas for the blast.

Ambulances and rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene, which is near the city of Azadshahr in Golestan Province, he added.

Hamidreza Montazeri, deputy head of Golestan Province emergency, said that 25 people, who had entered the mine to help the trapped miners, were taken to hospitals nearby due to gas inhalation. Endit