Coal Mine Collapses In Bartin

-THREE MINERS RESCUED, SIX MORE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TRAPPED

BARTIN - Three workers were rescued from rubble of a coal mine that collapsed in Amasra town of northwestern city of Bartin, officials of the Turkish Charcoal Agency (TTK) said on Monday.
TTK officials told the A.A correspondent that the coal mine collapsed due to a landslide this evening, trapping some workers.
Three workers who were stranded in the coal mine were pulled alive from the rubble, the officials said. They noted that two of the injured workers were hospitalized in Bartin while one worker who was slightly injured was discharged from the hospital.
TTK officials stated that efforts were under way to rescue six more miners who were believed to have been trapped beneath the debris.
On the other hand, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler was on his way to the scene of the coal mine collapse.
(BRC-MS) 01.11.2004