Spain races to save three trapped coal miners
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Spanish rescuers were on Friday scrambling to save three coal miners trapped underground in Asturias, the latest accident to strike the historic northern mining region.
Asturias emergency services said they were alerted to “a ground collapse” on level two of the mine in Vega de Rengos, 1.5 kilometres from its entrance, and “there are three miners who are not contactable”.
Firefighters and specialist mine rescuers have been deployed, they added in a statement.
According to Asturias regional government data, mining company TYC Narcea Special Research extracts anthracite at the site.
In March, a blast at a coal mine in Asturias killed five people and seriously injured four others, Spain’s deadliest mining accident in decades.
Mining has for centuries been a major industry in Asturias, a densely forested mountainous region, though the country has announced plans to phase out coal-powered generation plants as its renewable capacity grows.
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