<p>Islamabad: At least 12 miners were trapped in Pakistan on Thursday after an explosion caused a coal mine collapse in the southwestern province of Balochistan.</p>.<p>The mishap occurred in the Sanjdi area outside the capital city of Quetta. Chief Mines Officer Abdul Ghani Baloch said that a gas explosion caused a coal mine in the Sanjdi area to collapse from the inside, the Dawn newspaper reported.</p>.<p>“Efforts are being made to pull all the miners out alive,” he said.</p>.<p>In an official statement, Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind said rescue teams had arrived at the site.</p>.<p>“There are reports of twelve workers being trapped in the mine,” Rind added.</p>.Minor gas cylinder blast damages multi-storey building in Bengaluru's MSR Nagar.<p>Balochistan Minister for Mining and Minerals Mir Shoaib Noshirwani ordered Chief Mines Officer Baloch to send two more teams to participate in rescue operations.</p>.<p>“If prevailing mining procedures were violated, legal action should be taken against the mine owner,” Noshirwani warned, ordering rescuers to expedite efforts to extract the trapped miners.</p>.<p>“The strict implementation of safety measures in mines should be ensured to protect workers,” he added.</p>.<p>Accidents are common in coal mines of the country, mainly due to gas build-ups.</p>.<p>In June last year, at least 11 people were killed after inhaling methane gas inside a coal mine in the Sanjdi area.</p>
<p>Islamabad: At least 12 miners were trapped in Pakistan on Thursday after an explosion caused a coal mine collapse in the southwestern province of Balochistan.</p>.<p>The mishap occurred in the Sanjdi area outside the capital city of Quetta. Chief Mines Officer Abdul Ghani Baloch said that a gas explosion caused a coal mine in the Sanjdi area to collapse from the inside, the Dawn newspaper reported.</p>.<p>“Efforts are being made to pull all the miners out alive,” he said.</p>.<p>In an official statement, Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind said rescue teams had arrived at the site.</p>.<p>“There are reports of twelve workers being trapped in the mine,” Rind added.</p>.Minor gas cylinder blast damages multi-storey building in Bengaluru's MSR Nagar.<p>Balochistan Minister for Mining and Minerals Mir Shoaib Noshirwani ordered Chief Mines Officer Baloch to send two more teams to participate in rescue operations.</p>.<p>“If prevailing mining procedures were violated, legal action should be taken against the mine owner,” Noshirwani warned, ordering rescuers to expedite efforts to extract the trapped miners.</p>.<p>“The strict implementation of safety measures in mines should be ensured to protect workers,” he added.</p>.<p>Accidents are common in coal mines of the country, mainly due to gas build-ups.</p>.<p>In June last year, at least 11 people were killed after inhaling methane gas inside a coal mine in the Sanjdi area.</p>