Polish miner found alive after more than 48 hours trapped underground

Reuters | July 13, 2024 | 3:35 pm News Europe Coal

Hardhat in a coal mine. (Image from RawPixel, CC0).

A Polish coal miner trapped underground since Thursday was found alive by rescuers on Saturday, local media reported.


The Rydultowy mine in southern Poland, operated by state-controlled group PGG, was hit by a tremor at around 06:00 GMT on Thursday about 1,200 metres (3,960 feet) below ground.

One miner died as a result of the tremor and some 76 were brought to the surface alive by rescuers on Thursday, with 17 taken to hospital.

State-run news channel TVP Info reported that the miner was conscious when rescuers reached him. Private broadcaster RMF FM said a helicopter was at the mine to transport him to hospital.

Most of the miners who went to hospital have now been discharged, TVP Info reported.

(By Alan Charlish; Editing by Mark Potter)

One miner dead after tremor in Poland, one still missing

Reuters | July 11, 2024 | 

Coal mine in Poland (Credit: PGG)

One miner died and one was still trapped underground after a pit in southern Poland was struck by an earth tremor, mine owner PGG said on Thursday evening.


Representatives of the mine said earlier that one of the miners was being brought to the surface without giving any details on his condition.


Some 76 miners had been brought to the surface earlier and 17 had been taken to nearby hospitals with one seriously hurt, PGG CEO Leszek Pietraszek said during a televised news conference in the afternoon.

PGG spokesperson Aleksandra Wysocka-Siembiga earlier said the tremor occurred at around 06:00 GMT about 1,200 metres (3,960 feet) below ground at the Rydultowy mine.

(By Alan Charlish, Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Anna Koper; Editing by Mark Heinrich, David Holmes, Barbara Lewis, David Evans and Sandra Maler)