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Saturday 22 November 2014

Thriller: Three killed, 11 severely burned mine blast in Sri Aman



Sri Aman: Three were killed while 11 others were seriously injured in an explosion at a coal mine in SILANTEK, Pantu here 11 this morning.

Those who died were identified as citizens of Burma, Korea and Indonesia.

Fire and Rescue spokesman for Sri Aman said it received a call at 11:32 am and six members of a machine to be rushed to the scene.



He said firefighters took an hour to arrive at the scene, a distance of 62 kilometers from Sri Aman Fire Station at 12:40 noon today.

"The blast occurred at a distance of 150 meters in the tunnel, and so far no victims trapped," he said.

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