Mine collapse
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At least 9 people die in West India's bridge Collapse
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – At least nine persons died and over six were injured when their vehicles fell into a river following the collapse of a bridge in India's western state of Gujarat on Wednesday, said the local police.
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Search continues after Pakistan building collapse kills 14
TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the rubble of a five-story building collapse in Pakistan overnight, taking the toll on Saturday to 14 as the recovery operation continued for a second day.
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Rock collapse at Indonesia quarry kills at least 10 people
TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – At least 10 people in Indonesia's West Java were killed and six injured on Friday following a rock collapse at a quarry, the disaster agency said, with search efforts ongoing to find people buried beneath the rubble.
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Pezeshkian urges probe into deadly mine gas leak in Semnan
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for a probe into a mining disaster in the northern province of Semnan that has killed several miners.
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48 killed in gold mine collapse in western Mali
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – At least 48 people, most of them women, were killed on Saturday when an "illegally operated gold mining site" collapsed in western Mali, according to consistent eyewitness accounts from the area.
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100 miners die while trapped in abandoned S. African mine
TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out, a group representing the miners said Tuesday.