Mine Collapse
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Pakistan: 12 killed after coal mine collapses in Balochistan's Harnai district, 8 rescued
World | Mar 21, 2024, 06:42 AM ISTThere were 20 miners reported in the coal mine when it caved in following a methane gas explosion. An extensive rescue operation was green-lit by Balochistan CM Sarfaraz Bugti after which the bodies were recovered and surviving miners rescued.
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Myanmar: Landslide at jade mine kills 33, over a dozen still missing as torrential rain continues
World | Aug 16, 2023, 10:40 PM ISTAccording to the officials who were engaged in the rescue operations, a landslide occurred near Kachin's Hpakant township as the region has been receiving torrential rainfall.
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Chhattisgarh: Seven dead as part of limestone mine collapses in Bastar village; rescue operation on
India | Dec 02, 2022, 04:29 PM ISTChhattisgarh: The victims were extracting limestone when a part of it caved in.
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Jharkhand: 6 buried alive as roof of mine collapses
India | Jan 22, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTAt least six people were buried alive in Jharkhand's Koderma district when the roof of a mica mine caved in, a senior police officer said on Friday.
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Pakistan marble mine collapse kills 22; dozens battling for life
World | Sep 09, 2020, 08:52 AM ISTAt least 22 people have been killed and dozens were battling for their lives after six units of the famed marble mines in Pakistan's Ziarat Ghar mountain collapsed, causing large boulders to fall on them, according to media reports on Tuesday.
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Madhya Pradesh: Six killed in limestone quarry collapse
India | Jun 13, 2020, 07:17 PM ISTAt least five people have died in a mine collapse in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol. According to news agency ANI, a mound of soil collapsed at the quarry in Beohari. Three others are injured in the incident.
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Nine labourers killed as mine collapses in Pakistan
World | Feb 22, 2020, 11:30 PM ISTAt least nine labourers were killed and eight others injured when a marble mine collapsed due to landsliding in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Official of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Informed.
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Meghalaya mine collapse: Facing hurdles in rescuing trapped miners, Centre tells SC
India | Jan 04, 2019, 06:03 PM ISTThe government told a bench comprising Justice A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer that the illegal mine was located near a river and seepage of water from the river was hindering the rescue operation.
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Meghalaya mine collapse: No way trapped miners will come out alive, says survivor who managed to escape
India | Dec 30, 2018, 09:07 AM ISTSahib Ali, hailing from Assam's Chirang district, is one of the five men who narrowly escaped the flooding coal mine a fortnight ago.
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Navy divers get into rescue action at Meghalaya mine disaster site
India | Dec 29, 2018, 08:53 PM ISTThe 15-member team, equipped with specialised diving equipment including a re-compression chamber and remotely operated vehicles capable of searching underwater, went straightway to the mine site in the remote Lumthari village in East Jaintia Hills district.
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Meghalaya mine collapse: 16 days on, 3 helmets found; no sign of 15 miners yet | 10 points
India | Dec 29, 2018, 02:47 PM ISTThe mine got flooded when water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it on December 13, trapping the 15 diggers.
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Jharkhand: Death toll climbs to 17 in Lalmatia colliery mishap, rescue operations underway
India | Jan 01, 2017, 03:16 PM ISTThe death toll climbed to 17 in the coal mine collapse at Lalmatia open cast coal mine in Jharkhand's Godda even as rescue operations were today underway at the mishap site.