**Up to 25 miners are missing after an explosion in a state-run coal mine in northern Turkey, reports say.**The explosion took place at the Karadon mine near the Black Sea city of Zonguldak. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast.
In February, a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in north-west Turkey killed 13 workers.
The safety record of Turkey’s coal mining industry lags behind that of most industrial nations, analysts say.
“It is not yet certain, but it is believed there are nearly 25 workers underground. We are trying to reach them,” Labour Minister Omer Dincer said.
The country’s worst mining disaster was in 1992, when 270 miners were killed near the Black Sea port of Zonguldak.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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