Three people are dead and eight are missing, due to a probable firedamp explosion, Wednesday, April 20, in a coal mine in southern Poland, which also left about twenty injured, said the mining company. JSW in a statement.
Following two probable explosions, “Twenty-one people were hospitalized”. “We have no contact with eight people working downstairs”JSW President Tomasz Cudny told reporters earlier, quoted by the PAP agency.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki expressed his condolences to the families of the miners.
Research suspended
According to the company, a first explosion took place shortly after midnight at a depth of 1,000 meters. Forty-two miners were at the site of the explosion and most of them suffered burns. A second explosion took place during the rescue operation, affecting the rescuers.
The search was suspended due to poor conditions underground, JSW said in a statement released around 9:30 a.m. (local time).