Poland: More blasts at mine where rescuers seek 7 missing
ABC News
Officials in Poland say new methane explosions in a coal mine have injured 10 rescuers who were preparing to search for seven people missing since two blasts killed five a day earlier
WARSAW, Poland -- New methane explosions rocked a coal mine in southern Poland late Thursday, injuring 10 rescuers who were preparing to search for seven people missing since two blasts killed five a day earlier, officials said.
The new explosions raised to 32 the number of people hospitalized from injuries in blasts at the Pniowek mine since Wednesday.
The state Supreme Mining Authority said the latest explosions caused no fatalities. Reporters at the mine saw an airborne ambulance and other ambulances come to the site.
Head of the regional ambulance service, Lukasz Pach, said seven people were hospitalized after the new blasts, three of them in serious condition but conscious. Three others received medical care on the spot and were sent home.
