QUETTA: Two workers suffocated to death in a coalmine in the Duki area of Loralai district, officials said on Sunday.

They claimed that Naimatullah and Shah Wali were working deep inside the mine on Saturday when a lot of methane gas accumulated in it.

Local mine workers rushed to the site after receiving infor­mation about the incident and tried to save their colleagues. The victims, who were residents of Qila Saifullah, were taken to a nearby health facility where doctors confirmed their death. The bodies were handed over to the families of the deceased after all medico-legal formalities were completed.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2017

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