Nine miners were killed and four injured when the roof of a coal mine collapsed yesterday in Pakistan’s northwestern town of Darra Adam Khel, officials said.
The incident, the second fatal coal mining accident in Pakistan in a month, happened in Akhurwal village as workers entered the coal mine at the start of the day, senior local administration official Shahid Ilyas said.
He said the nine bodies and all the injured workers were later pulled out of the mine, with two seriously wounded.
A senior local police official, Muhammad Ejaz, confirmed the incident and said they were investigating.
Mourners carry the coffin of a miner killed during the collapsing of coal mine, in Darra Adam Khel town yesterday.
