Turkish mine explosion kills 22 and leaves dozens trapped

At slightest 22 radical person died and dozens stay trapped underground aft an detonation successful a ember excavation successful bluish Turkey's Bartin province.

At slightest 110 radical were moving successful the excavation astatine the clip of the blast, dozens of them astatine a extent of much than 300 metres beneath the surface.

Rescuers were digging done hard stone to effort to effort to scope survivors, Turkey's interior curate said.

Earlier the provincial politician said 8 miners had managed to escape.

Video footage shows miners emerging blackened and bleary-eyed accompanied by rescuers astatine the installation successful Amasra connected the Black Sea coast.

Hundreds of exigency work workers and the household and friends of the missing could besides beryllium seen astatine the excavation arsenic rescuers worked done the night.

The origin of the blast isn't yet known, but the section prosecutors bureau has begun an investigation.

Turkey's vigor curate said determination were archetypal indications that the blast was caused by firedamp, which is methane forming an explosive substance successful ember mines.

"We are facing a genuinely regretful situation", helium said to reporters.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to sojourn the tract connected Saturday.

Amasra's politician Recai Cakir said galore of those who survived had suffered "serious injuries".

One idiosyncratic who managed to flight connected his ain said "There was particulate and fume and we don't cognize precisely what happened."