Turkey’s state news media reported an explosion at a coal mine in northern Turkey has killed at least 41 people and injured many.

That bust happened on Friday in the Black Sea city of Amasra in Bartin province.

The Turkish public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the cause of the incident. The initial report suggested the explosion was caused by firedamp, a gas naturally occurring in coal mines.

An explosion at a coal mine in Turkey has killed at least 41 workers and injured 11 others.
Officials said the explosion appears to have been caused by the combustion of gases in the mine. It was the worst mining disaster in Turkey in eight years. https://t.co/JsQ3Aixrkf pic.twitter.com/Fpko7iXcC4

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the body of a missing miner has finally been reached and confirmed 41 are dead.

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According to the report, five of the 11 people injured and hospitalized were in serious condition. About 58 others were able to escape from the mine on their own or were rescued unharmed.

Almost 110 people were inside the mine at the time of the explosion.

“We are doing our best to ensure the injured recover as quickly as possible,” Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca told reporters. “I wish each of them God’s mercy.”

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