BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Mine blast near central Bosnian town of Zenica kills one and injures several others

Record ID: 784268

  • Title: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Mine blast near central Bosnian town of Zenica kills one and injures several others
  • Date: 15th March 2009
  • Summary: STRANJANI, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (MARCH 14, 2009) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE DRIVING THROUGH MINE GATE MINER IN COMPOUND FATHER OF KILLED MINER INJURED MINERS GETTING IN AMBULANCE MINERS AND AMBULANCE AT FRONT OF MINE MINER WALKING GATE TO MINE AMBULANCE LEAVING MINE ZENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (MARCH 14, 2009) (REUTERS) INJURED MINERS IN HOSPITAL BEDS INJURED MINER ON DRIP (SOUNDBITE) (Bosnian) ADILOVIC HAZIM, INJURED MINER, SAYING: "We were hit by a blast and when we realized what had happened we ran to the place of the explosion. There were people there and we went to see what happened to them. When we got there, we started helping them out." (SOUNDBITE) (Bosnian) DR. ALMA MEKIC-ABAZOVIC, A MEDICAL CENTRE DOCTOR IN ZENICA, SAYING "What we can say at the moment is that we have received 15 injured people, eight of whom suffered from burns and breathing problems, are in a ward providing urgent medial care. One patient's condition is life threatening. He is in the intensive care ward. Five others remain in the surgical ward. Regrettably one miner was killed." INJURED MINERS AND DOCTORS IN HOSPITAL
  • Embargoed: 30th March 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVAE7C8LIVKJVY8QQSSPICDDQ8EI
  • Story Text: One miner was killed and fifteen were injured on Saturday (March 14) when methane gas exploded in a coal mine near central Bosnian town of Zenica.
    One miner is still in a life-threatening condition while others suffered from burns and have breathing problems.
    After the explosion the miners who were not seriously injured rushed to help their colleagues who were directly hit by blast.
    "We were hit by a blast and when we realized what had happened we ran to the place of the explosion. There were people there and we went to see what happened to them.
    When we got there, we started helping them out," said Adilovic Hazim who was working in a pit at the time of accident.
    A doctor at a hospital in Zenica where the injured miners were taken confirmed the death and injury toll.
    "What we can say at the moment is that we have received 15 injured people, eight of whom suffered from burns and breathing problems, are in a ward providing urgent medial care. One patient's condition is life threatening. He is in the intensive care ward. Five others remain in the surgical ward. Regrettably one miner was killed," Dr. Alma Mekic-Abazovic, told Reuters.
    The exact cause of the accident is yet to be determined.
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