Turkey mine blast kills 205, hundreds more trapped

Posted on May 14 2014 - 8:58pm by IBC News

Soma, May 14 Rescuers battled today to reach hundreds of workers feared trapped after an explosion at a mine in western Turkey that has killed at least 205 people in one of the worst industrial disasters ever to hit the country.

As Turkey declared three days of national mourning for the victims, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said the toll could rise to exceed the 263 workers killed in the country’s worst ever mining disaster.

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