Death toll in Turkey's mine blast tops 301


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Rescuers recovered two bodies on Saturday 96 hours after the deadly blast of a coal mine in Soma town, Manisa province, west Turkey. These are the last two bodies, thus taking to 301 the final death toll of the disaster, Ihlas Haber Ajansi (IHA news agency) reported. In a related development, Turkish Minister of Energy Taner Yildiz inspected the site again, accompanied by members of the crisis management team. The minister phoned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to apprise him on the latest developments of the crisis, according to the report.


Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

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