Four Dead, 28 Hurt in Chile Mine 'Splosion
Man, this is the third mine 'splosion today:
August 08, 2005, 20:00
At least four miners died and 28 were injured in an explosion in a coal mine in southern Chile today, and the death toll could rise, government officials and local media said. The blast occurred at 7:30am (1130 GMT) in the Victoria coal mine near the Pacific coast town of Lebu, some 670km south of the capital.Some of the injured miners were hospitalized with serious burns to their breathing passages, Ricardo Lagos, the Chilean president, told reporters. "That makes us fear that the number of fatalities could increase," Lagos said.Nestor Matamala, the governor of the Arauco region where the mine is located, told Chile's National Television that the mine had been evacuated after the explosion. - Reuters
August 08, 2005, 20:00
At least four miners died and 28 were injured in an explosion in a coal mine in southern Chile today, and the death toll could rise, government officials and local media said. The blast occurred at 7:30am (1130 GMT) in the Victoria coal mine near the Pacific coast town of Lebu, some 670km south of the capital.Some of the injured miners were hospitalized with serious burns to their breathing passages, Ricardo Lagos, the Chilean president, told reporters. "That makes us fear that the number of fatalities could increase," Lagos said.Nestor Matamala, the governor of the Arauco region where the mine is located, told Chile's National Television that the mine had been evacuated after the explosion. - Reuters
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