Five miners killed in collapse at Soma mine in western Turkey
Five miners died when a mine collapsed in the Soma district of Turkey's Manisa province; two others were rescued alive.
Five miners were killed when a mine collapsed in the Soma district of Manisa province in western Turkey, Turkish authorities said on Friday, according to Spanish outlet 20minutos.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of five of our fellow miners," Turkey's energy and natural resources minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, said in a statement on X.
All seven miners who had been trapped under the collapse have now been reached, Bayraktar confirmed. Two of them were rescued alive; one remains hospitalised and the other has been discharged, Bayraktar said, wishing the hospitalised miner a swift recovery.
Manisa authorities said search and rescue operations had concluded after reaching all of the miners trapped by the collapse, some of whom had died, 20minutos reported.
Bayraktar offered condolences to the families and colleagues of those killed and announced the creation of a team of experts to investigate the accident in all its aspects.
Soma, known for lignite mining and power generation, was the site of Turkey's worst mining disaster in 2014, when more than 300 people died in a fire and explosion at a mine in the district.
What we know
- Five miners killed in a collapse at a mine in the Soma district, Manisa province, western Turkey
- All seven miners trapped by the collapse have been reached; two were rescued alive
- One rescued miner remains hospitalised, the other has been discharged, the energy minister said
- Turkey's energy minister has ordered an expert team to investigate the accident
Why it matters for Europe
Soma is one of Turkey's main lignite-mining and power-generation centres and was the site of the country's deadliest mining disaster, in which more than 300 people died in 2014. Friday's collapse revives scrutiny of safety standards in a district still associated with that earlier tragedy.
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Questions and answers
- How many miners died in the Soma collapse?
- Five miners were killed, Turkey's energy minister said.
- Were any miners rescued?
- Yes. Two of the seven miners trapped by the collapse were rescued alive; one remains hospitalised and the other has been discharged.
- Where did the collapse happen?
- At a mine in the Soma district of Manisa province in western Turkey.
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