Iran Golestan mine explosion: More than 50 trapped

More than 50 miners are trapped after an explosion in a coal mine in Iran, state media reports say.
It happened at the Zemestan-Yurt mine in Golestan province in the north.


Two people are reported to have died and 25 others are wounded. One emergency services spokesman said that 16 people had managed to escape.

There are some reports that the incident was caused by a gas explosion, possibly as someone was attempting to start a lorry engine.
  BBC
3/5/17
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