VIDEO: Footage shows workers trying to escape from deadly disaster at Soma mine

May 14 2014 18:13:33

VIDEO: Footage shows workers trying to escape from deadly disaster at Soma mine

MANİSA

Security camera footage has been revealed, showing workers trying to evacuate a coal mine in the western province of Manisa’s Soma district right after a fire broke out.

At least 238 people have been killed so far and hundreds are feared to still be trapped inside.

The government declared three days of national mourning on May 14 to commemorate the disaster.

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