2022 mining disaster in Amasra, Turkey
On 14 October 2022, an explosion occurred in Amasra coal mine in Amasra , Bartın Province , Turkey, killing 42 people and injuring 27.[ 1] [ 3] [ 4] It was one of the deadliest industrial incidents in Turkey.[ 5] [ 6]
The explosion occurred at 6:30 p.m. Turkish time ,[ 7] at a depth of about 300 metres.[ 8] At the time of the incident, around 110 people were working in the mine and almost half of them were below 300 m (980 ft) deep.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] Some reports stated that five people were working under 350 m (1,150 ft) and 44 people were working under 300 m (980 ft).[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu said that more than 22 people had died[ 15] [ 16] and 28 people crawled out on their own.[ 17] Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said that 11 people had been pulled out alive and were being treated in hospital.[ 18] [ 19] 58 miners were saved.
Location of the coal mine in Turkey
The cause of the blast is yet unknown[ 20] [needs update ] and is under investigation,[ 21] with firedamp (possibly coalbed methane ) being one suspected cause.[ 22]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wrote on Twitter that he was closely monitoring the situation and said that search and rescue operations were progressing rapidly at the mine. Erdoğan canceled a planned trip to Diyarbakır and instead traveled to Amasra on 15 October.[ 23] Erdoğan's comments linking the explosion to "the plan of destiny" and saying that such explosions "will always be" drew criticism from opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu , as well as protests in Istanbul.[ 24]
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