Turkish mine explosion kills 40 and leaves many trapped

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Turkey coal mine explosion kills 41, injures 11- PublishedForty-one people have died following an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey, the country's president says.Earlier the interior minister said 58 people working in the mine when the blast went off were rescued or got out by themselves.Video footage showed miners emerging blackened and bleary-eyed accompanied by rescuers at the facility in Amasra, on the Black Sea coast.Authorities said Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the cause of the explosion but initial indications were that the blast was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive mixture in coal mines.Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said there were partial collapses inside the mine, but no ongoing fires, and ventilation was working properly."

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