MEXICO - Dozens trapped in Mexican mine

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Dozens trapped in

Mexican mine

Sunday,

February 19, 2006; Posted: 10:54 p.m. EST (03:54 GMT)

 

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico

(Reuters) -- A gas buildup in a northern Mexico coal mine triggered a pre-dawn

explosion Sunday, trapping at least 65 coal miners underground with a limited

supply of oxygen. Emergency officials were tunneling through the debris to

rescue them.

At least eight miners who had been near the mine's exit when the explosion

occurred were rescued and were hospitalized with burns and broken bones.

Rebolledo said officials were unaware of the miners' conditions. He said

oxygen tanks were scattered throughout the mine, but it was impossible to know

if the trapped miners had access to them or how long they could survive before

rescue workers reached them. The explosion

occurred around 2:30

a.m. Sunday local time.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/19/mexico.mine.reut/index.html

 

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