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Summary A mine collapse left 20 miners dead and 23 others trapped in Sorang area of Balochistan.
According to Quetta Deputy Commissioner Captain (r) Muhammad Tariq, the rescue operation was being conducted and nothing could be said about the condition of the miners trapped in the mine. He said that the rescuers were making efforts to recover the miners safely.Iftikhar Ahmad, a mine inspector, said that the rescue work was hindered as the methane gas had filled the mine. The minors said that they were hopeless about the trapped miners because the mine had completely collapsed.The mine is situated in Sorang, some 35 kilometres away from Quetta.
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