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Bill McLoughlin

Turkey: Death toll from mine blast rises to 41

The death toll from a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey has reached 41, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

There were 110 miners working in the shaft when the explosion occurred Friday evening at the state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese Mudurlugu mine in the town of Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin.

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