Four miners killed, four injured in Tilla Jogian

JHELUM: Four miners, including two brothers were killed while two others injured when explosions triggered a collapse in a coal mine in Tilla Jogian in Domeli Police Station limits, Geo News reported. According to Domeli SHO Zahid Khan, six miners were busy digging coal in the mine when all of a sudden part of the mine collapsed trapping those working underneath.

Police said the incident occurred Sunday morning, while according to miners it happened late Saturday night. Following the incident, locals rushed to the site and tried to pull out the trapped miners, while rescue teams also rushed to the site. Two of the miners were rescued while four others died under the debris. The deceased included Rehmatullah, Sabir Rehman and two brothers Naseebzada and Naseebullah – all of them belonged to Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The collapsed mine belongs to Arifullah alias Ali Mines. There are around seven to eight coal mines in the far-off area, situated amid mountains.

Most of the coal mines across the country are notorious for poor safety standards and facilities, where deadly incidents occur time and again.

In October 2017, parts of a coal mine in Harnai, Balochistan, collapsed trapping more than six miners inside.

Prior to that, in August last year, five miners were found dead after rescuers finally managed to dig through the rubble of a collapsed coal mine.