Polish miner found alive after more than 48 hours trapped underground
Reuters | July 13, 2024 | 3:35 pm News Europe Coal
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A Polish coal miner trapped underground since Thursday was found alive by rescuers on Saturday, local media reported.
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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
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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Representatives of the mine said earlier that one of the miners was being brought to the surface without giving any details on his condition.
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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)
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