(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took to Twitter on Saturday
evening to express his gratitude to the international community for
their solidarity with Türkiye over the mine blast that killed 41
workers, reports citing .
'On behalf of the Turkish nation, I would like express our
gratitude to all the friendly countries, their peoples and
international organizations for sharing our grief and expressing
solidarity,' President Erdogan stated.
Rescue teams reached the body of the last worker trapped in the
mine on Saturday. At least 110 miners were working in the shaft
when the explosion occurred on Friday evening.
President Erdogan visited the site earlier Saturday, expressed
his condolences and took part in the funeral of some of the
workers. Erdogan, who canceled a planned trip to Diyarbakir and
instead visited the incident site in the town of Bartin's Amasra,
said the search and rescue operation was complete.
According to Energy Minister Fatih Donmez, initial findings
indicate the blast was caused by firedamp, an explosive mixture of
flammable gases in mines.
A total of 11 wounded workers are under treatment in
hospitals.
An investigation into the incident is underway, Erdogan
said.
The blast is one of the deadliest industrial disasters in
Türkiye's recent history. In 2014, 301 people were killed in
Türkiye's worst mining disaster at a coal mine in the Aegean
province of Manisa.
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