Jamshoro: Four miners killed in coalmine explosion

F.P. Report

HYDERABAD: At least four coalmine workers burnt to death while another received serious injuries on early Tuesday morning in a coalmine blast in Jamshoro district.

Police said that the blast occurred due to accumulation of gas in the mine and adding that as a result of which, the mine also caved in.

Five of the workers having 80 percent burn injuries were recovered from the debris and rushed to Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad City Branch where four breathed their last during first aid while another critically injured identified as Manthar Ali Tangiyani has been shifted to Karachi.

The Police informed the names of deceased workers as Ali Asghar Muradani, Muharram Ali Nehlani, Gul Hassan Daiyono and Allah Bux Daiyono adding that the Incharge of the mine remained under debris and efforts are being made to fish him out.