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Eight killed as coal mine shaft in Serbia collapses

Rescue workers are seen outside a coal mine, after a shaft collapsed killing at least eight miners, according to RTS state television, in Sokobanja, southern Serbia, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Eight miners were killed and 18 injured on Friday when a shaft collapsed at a state-owned coal mine in southern Serbia.

The Mining and Energy ministry said the accident at the Soko mine, about 250 kilometres south of Belgrade, happened when coal collapsed in an excavation chamber, leading to "a sudden penetration of methane into the working space."

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