AP reported that a gas explosion Tuesday in a coal mine trapped 14 miners and injured another in northern Coahuila state near the US border.

A mine employee wearing a mask and air tank was lowered into the shaft to evaluate conditions for a possible rescue at the small mine in Mexico, and emergency personal and federal and state officials gather outside the pit head.

There were no confirmed deaths and as of Tuesday afternoon rescue crews had yet to reach the trapped miners, said Luis Martinez, mayor of the town of San Juan de Sabinas, where the mine is located, about 135 kilometers southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas.

The 14 miners had gone down the 60 meter deep shaft when the explosion happened early Tuesday.

The mine employed a total of about 25 miners.

The injured miner, 15, had been working on a conveyor belt separating coal from tailings when the blast occurred in the early morning hours. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition.

Officials said they were investigating who was actually operating the mine, because there was conflicting registry data.

A similar blast caused by methane gas killed 65 miners in February 2006 at the Pasta de Conchos coal mine in San Juan de Sabinas, near where Tuesday's explosion occurred.

(Sourced from The Associated Press)