Rescuers desperately searched for signs of life on Saturday after a methane blast at a coal mine in northern Turkey killed at least 28 people and trapped dozens of others hundreds of metres underground.
Updating the death toll, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca also tweeted that 11 others pulled out alive were being treated in hospital after one of Turkey's deadliest industrial accidents in years struck Friday at sunset.
Soylu also confirmed early reports that nearly 50 miners remained trapped in two separate areas between 300 and 350 metres below ground. "Our hope is that the loss of life will not increase further, that our miners will be found alive," Erdogan said in a tweet.Most initial information about those trapped inside was coming from workers who had managed to climb out relatively unharmed.The blast occurred moments before sunset and the rescue effort was being impeded by the dark.But other officials said it was premature to draw definitive conclusions over the cause of the accident.
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