Two laborers were killed while one another was injured in an explosion at a coal mine in Lower Orakzai tribal region’s Khuno Sam area on Saturday, an official said.
According to the District Police officer (DPO) Nazir Khan, the blast was caused by a gas explosion, resulting in the death of two coal mine workers and leaving one injured as well.
He said rescue officials, local volunteers and the police rushed to the scene and managed to recover two bodies. The remaining laborer was pulled out of the rubble in an injured condition and was shifted to Kohat Hospital.
The deceased workers are from Shangla KP.
Earlier, a powerful explosion in a coal mine in the Saragarhi area on the outskirts of Quetta left five miners dead and five others injured.
Coal deposits are found in the northwestern Orakzai district that sits on the Afghan border and mine accidents are common, mainly due to gas build-ups.
