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Five killed, 6 injured in coal mine explosion in Lower Orakzai Agency

PESHAWAR, (APP): At least five labourers were killed
and six injured in an explosion in coal mine in Doli area of Lower
Orakzai Agency, said police control Hangu on Saturday.
The blast occurred in a coal mine in Doli area of Lower
Orakzai Agency. At least five labourers were killed and six
others injured in the explosion.
The injured and bodies were being shifted to nearby
hospital.
The official said the political administration had closed
the mines after March 20 incident and the owner restarted mining
without formal permission.
The official confirmed that the rescue workers had pulled
out six injured miners and besides five bodies.
Ambulances have been dispatched to the area to shift the
injured and bodies to hospital.
The labourers hailed from Shangla district, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.