Two killed after tremor hits Polish mine
A tremor in the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland has killed two miners, injured one, while another is still trapped underground.
"The aim of the rescue operation that was underway was to reach the four workers with whom we did not have any contact," Polish Mining Group vice-president Rajmund Horst said. "We managed to reach and transport three workers but, unfortunately, in the case of two, the doctor pronounced them dead."
The third casualty, who was conscious and transported to the surface, was taken to a hospital in the southern city of Sosnowiec.
Rescuers are continuing their efforts to find a fourth miner who is trapped underground and with whom they have been unable to establish contact.
The tremor occurred 870 metres underground and began on Monday night, running into Tuesday morning at around 3:30am. It had a magnitude of 2.66 on the Richter scale.
There were fifteen miners present in the impacted zone. Eleven of them were successfully evacuated, with nine being transported to hospitals in a stable condition that was not life-threatening.
Six rescue teams are involved in the rescue operation, including those from the Central Mining Rescue Station in Bytom.
In 2024, three fatal accidents were reported in the Polish coal mines which are all located in the vicinity of the southern city of Katowice in Poland. (PAP)
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