{"id":25466,"date":"2026-08-02T19:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25466"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:30:54","slug":"pakistan-coal-mine-explosion-kills-dozens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25466","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan coal mine explosion kills dozens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/7491785516750\/2026\/upi_com\/fa085ee20a8b7cedcfb712e491d1f50d\/v1.5\/Pakistan-coal-mine-explosion-kills-dozens.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bodies of the victims are transported to a hospital after a methane gas explosion in the Sorange coalfield on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Friday. Photo by Fayyaz Ahmad\/EPA<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 31 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A coal mine explosion in Pakistan&#8217;s Balochistan province left at least 34 people dead and rescue workers scrambling to reach those trapped underground Friday, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The gas explosion happened Thursday on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of the province in the Shangla district. Pakistan&#8217;s provincial disaster management authority said the miners were working 4,000 below the surface at the time of the blast.\n<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear how many people might still be trapped in the mine,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/31\/world\/asia\/pakistan-coal-mine-explosion.html\" target=\"_blank\"> The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Abid Yaar, president of the Shangla Coal Mine Workers Association, said most of those killed came from Mian Kaly, and most were members of the same extended families. He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2019732\/shangla-mourns-28-miners-killed-in-balochistan-coal-mine-accident\" target=\"_blank\">Dawn News<\/a> the workers were between the ages of 17 and 25, some the orphans of miners who had died in previous coal mine incidents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not just an accident but a lifelong trauma for the families, orphans, widows and mothers who lost their loved ones,&#8221; Yaar said. &#8220;These young men had gone there only to earn a livelihood and support their families back home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mir Shoaib Nosherwani, Balochistan&#8217;s top mining official, said there would be an investigation into the cause of the explosion. 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