World News | Iran Believes All Remaining Workers Have Died in Coal Mine Explosion, Raising Death Toll to 49
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country's east have died, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 49.
Tehran, Sep 24 (AP) Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country's east have died, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 49.
A provincial emergency official, Mohammad Ali Akhoundi, gave the death toll in a report carried by Iranian state television from the mine in Tabas.
Figures for the numbers of miners inside the mine at the time have fluctuated since the methane gas leak Saturday sparked an explosion. (AP)
Also Read | Sri Lanka: National People's Power's MP Harini Amarasuriya Sworn In As 16th Prime Minister of Island Nation.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)