Miner's body retrieved

Mon, 29 Dec 1997 | Source: DPA

ANKARA (DPA): Rescue workers retrieved the body of a worker from a coal mine in Bolu in northwestern Turkey following a cave- in five days ago, the Anadolu news agency reported yesterday.

Five miners had been trapped at a depth of 70 metres after the roof collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday. One was rescued 16 hours later, while the bodies of three others were removed Wednesday.

In 1993, a fire-damp explosion left six workers dead in the same mine, while a fire claimed the lives of two people.

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