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Turkey: Death toll in Soma mine disaster rises to 301 as
Published : 17-05-2014 - Duration : 01:25 - View : 2
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The bodies of 17 more miners have been brought out overnight in Soma,Turkey.
They are believed to be the last left in the mine. It brings the total killed in Turkey’s worst ever mining tragedy to 301, Turkey’s energy minister said.
Rescue workers are now winding up their operations.
Survivors accuse managers of knowing the methane gas levels had risen but ordering miners not to leave until the shift ended and sending back those who were leaving.
“At least the officials could have warned us before,” said Erdal Bicak, one of the survivors “No-one informed us until the smoke came to where we were. If the company had let us leave early, we would have survived. When we got out of the mine, the smoke was already everywhere, and because of that the other miners could not leave.”
The disaster has triggered widespread grief across the country as well as anger at Prime Minister R
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