According to the report, more than 200 miners are trapped, 205 miner confirmed dead, and rescuers are still searching for trapped worker. This disaster is recorded as one of the worst disasters recorded in the history of Turkish mine disasters.
Recognition of bodies is another important thing, as bodies arrived on stretchers; rescue workers started pulling blankets off from dead body’s faces to provide jostling crowds of victim’s family members to give them chance to identify victim’s faces. An aged man wearing a prayer cap recognized a body, he wailed after police stopped him from climbing into the ambulance. Out of all the victims, youngest victim said to be 15 years old.
Mourning of three days declared by Turkish government. The energy minister of the country Taner Yildiz added the information, in Soma there were around 787 people were inside the mine, at the time of explosion and 363 had been rescued out of them. Mr Yaldiz also stated,” Regarding the rescue operation, I can say that our hopes are diminishing.”
Explosion in mine caused Power cut that has slowed down the rescue operation.