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At least 41 killed in N Türkiye mine blast
Updated 20:28, 15-Oct-2022
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The site of an explosion at a coal mine in north Türkiye's Bartin province, October 14, 2022. /CFP
The site of an explosion at a coal mine in north Türkiye's Bartin province, October 14, 2022. /CFP

The site of an explosion at a coal mine in north Türkiye's Bartin province, October 14, 2022. /CFP

The death toll from a coal mine explosion in north Türkiye's Bartin province has risen to 41, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday as he inspected the scene of the accident.

The blast ripped through the mine near the small coal mining town of Amasra on Türkiye's Black Sea coast shortly before sunset on Friday. 

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