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Blast in coal mine in eastern India kills one, injures 11

14th May 2026

By: Reuters

  

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BHUBANESWAR – One person was killed and 11 others injured after an air blast at an Eastern Coalfields (ECL) mine in Asansol in West Bengal state, local police said on Thursday.

Around 120 workers were present in an underground mine when the blast happened, Dhruba Das, a senior police officer told Reuters, adding that the rescue operations have been completed.

Mines operations were not impacted, an ECL official told Reuters. ECL is a unit of state-run miner Coal India.

Economic Times newspaper reported earlier that at least 40 mine workers were injured in the accident.

Edited by Reuters

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