Turkey refuses aid offered by other countries to eliminate consequences of mine explosion.

Turkey refuses aid offered by other countries to eliminate consequences of mine explosion.(Taz).

Turkey has refused the aid offered to eliminate the consequences of the explosion in Soma coal mine of the country's Manisa province, Turkish Anadolu agency reported on May 14.

Germany, Greece, Israel, Iran, Poland, the U.S. and France offered an aid to Turkey, according to the agency.

Turkey has announced a three day mourning period for victims of the mining accident, the Turkish Cabinet of Ministers said on May 14.

Turkish flags will fly at half staff in the country, as well as in all the diplomatic missions for the three day mourning period, according to the Cabinet of Ministers.

Some 238 people were killed in the mine accident in Manisa province, according to the latest data.
The Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources does not have accurate data on the number of workers who were in the mine at the time of the explosion, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said on May 14.

The previously published data on the number of workers in the mine at the time of the accident was provided by the head of the mine and could not been confirmed by the ministry.

The minister added that some 370 people have been rescued as part of rescue operations.

Few chances remain to rescue the miners, Yildiz said earlier.

The mine has burst into flame and although the miners have few chances for survival, the rescuers will do everything possible, the minister stressed.Most of the miners died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.Hmmm....What are they afraid of that outsiders might find out?


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In total there are 740 coal mines and 48,706 miners in Turkey.

Over 3,000 people have been killed and over 100,000 have received various injuries since 1941 to the present day in mine accidents in Turkey.

Some 10.4 percent of the total number of the work accidents occurs at mines in Turkey.

In the first four months of 2014, some 1,235 people were killed as a result of the work accidents in Turkey, 103 of them were female. The worst mine accident in Turkey's history occurred in the province of Zonguldak in 1992, killing 263 workers.