Two dead, six still missing in Poland mine accident

Rescuers trying to find survivors in a coal pit twist of fate inside the south of Poland have found lifeless and located greater, but every other six miners are nonetheless lacking, the mine owners JSW stated on Sunday.

“The rescuers have carried a 2nd miner… To their base in which the medical doctor pronounced him dead. He has now been added above the floor,” the corporation stated in a declaration.

“Another rescue team is going to find the others they were able to locate” late on Saturday, despite not having been able to establish contact.

“Once the two other miners have been taken out, the rescuers will continue… to look for the other six still missing,” JSW said.

The accident on Saturday — the second such incident in Poland last week — happened at the Zofiowka mine in the south.

Poland, which relies on coal for some 70 percent of its power, has had several other mining disasters in recent years.

A tremor shook the Zofiowka pit at 3:40 am (0140 GMT) on Saturday, 900 metres (2,950 feet) below the surface, sparking a methane leak.

All but 10 of the 52 miners underground managed to make it to the surface.

JSW is also the owner of a mine in Pniowek, 230 kilometres (140 miles) to the south, where an accident on Wednesday killed five, including a rescuer, and left seven missing.

An initial explosion occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday at a depth of 1,000 metres.

A 2nd shook the website online whilst rescue employees were supporting the victims of the primary.

Twenty human have been harmed, as six with critical burns. The search for the seven humans missing was called off on Friday after a third blast made conditions in the pit too risky, JSW said.