Sanjdi coal mine rescue operation concludes; all bodies retrieved

QUETTA: The bodies of all 12 labourers trapped at a depth of over 4,000 feet in a coal mine after a methane gas explosion have been retrieved following a six-day rescue operation.

“The last victim of the Sanjdi mine tragedy was recovered on Tuesday morning, from a depth 3,000 feet deep in the mine,” Chief Inspector of Mines Balochistan Ghani Baloch told Dawn, adding that the operation has been completed and a probe into the incident ordered after the mine is closed.

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