Tragic
PESHAWAR, Sept 30 (APP): At least three miners were killed and three others injured when a phosphate mine collapsed in Rajuhiya Malkaan area of Abbottabad on Tuesday.
According to rescue officials, six miners were working inside the mine when it caved in, burying them under heavy debris.
Rescue teams rushed to the scene and managed to recover the bodies of three workers while three others were pulled out alive and shifted to a nearby hospital with injuries.
The deceased miners have been identified as Muzammil, Miftah, and Shoaib, all residents of Gilgit. The injured include Zia Naved, son of Khawaja, and Anjum, son of Javed, both residents of Malkaan. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the collapse.
