Methane explosion in Czech coal mine kills 13 miners: OKD
- Country:
- Czech Republic
A methane explosion in a Czech coal mine killed 13 miners, including 11 Polish nationals and two Czechs, the mine operator OKD said on Friday.
The state-run company said late on Thursday that the blast, more than 800 metres (875 yards) underground, had devastated large areas of the CSM coalmine, near the town of Karvina.
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