October 13, 2008

2 killed in Bulgaria coal mine landslide

It is reported that 2 miners were killed in a landslide at a Bulgarian coal min. The two coal miners were trapped some 300 meters underground and, although rescue teams brought them out, their lives could not be saved. No one else was injured.

Both men had been buried beneath a collapsing section of the Oranovo mine, in the Simitli mining complex in South Western Bulgaria.

The reason for the incident is being investigated.