238 killed in coal mine accident
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Rescuers">Rescuers</span> <span word="raced">raced</span> <span word="desperately">desperately</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 200 <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="explosion">explosion</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 238 <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Energy">Energy</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Taner">Taner</span> <span word="Yildiz">Yildiz</span> <span word="said">said</span> 787 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Soma">Soma</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 250 <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Istanbul">Istanbul</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="explosion">explosion</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 363 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="rescued">rescued</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span>.</p><p><span word="Yildiz">Yildiz</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="worried">worried</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="increase">increase</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="mining">mining</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> 1992 <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="explosion">explosion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> 263 <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="Sea">Sea</span> <span word="port">port</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Zonguldak">Zonguldak</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="stretchers">stretchers</span>, <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="blankets">blankets</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="jostling">jostling</span> <span word="crowds">crowds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="anxious">anxious</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="chance">chance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> <span word="victims">victims</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="elderly">elderly</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="wearing">wearing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="prayer">prayer</span> <span word="cap">cap</span> <span word="wailed">wailed</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="cognized">cognized</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="restrained">restrained</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="climbing">climbing</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ambulance">ambulance</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span>.</p><p><span word="President">President</span> <span word="Recep">Recep</span> <span word="Tayyip">Tayyip</span> <span word="Erdogan">Erdogan</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="mourning">mourning</span>, <span word="ordering">ordering</span> <span word="flags">flags</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="lowered">lowered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="half">half</span>-<span word="staff">staff</span>. <span word="Erdogan">Erdogan</span> <span word="postponed">postponed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="one">one</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Albania">Albania</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="Soma">Soma</span> <span word="instead">instead</span>.</p><p><span word="Fifty">Fifty</span>-<span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="injured">injured</span>, <span word="Yildiz">Yildiz</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Soma">Soma</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="overseeing">overseeing</span> <span word="operations">operations</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span>400 <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="at">at</span> 80, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="condition">condition</span>.</p>
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