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SECOND MINE EXPLOSION OCCURS IN BULGARIA'S PERNIK

Wed, Mar 07 2007 09:00 CET

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A truck loaded with explosive substance was blasted close to a mine located near the town of Pernik on March 6.

The explosion is the second in the last 24 hours to occur in a mine region, Novinar newspaper. A first explosion occurred in Oranovo mine in southwestern Bulgaria seriously harming a dozen miners.

The Pernik explosion resulted in no fatalities. Five workers were near the truck at the time of the accident, two were hospitalised after the explosion.

Novinar reported that the truck driver noticed flames and ran away shortly before the explosion occurred.

Residents of two Pernik districts felt the explosion. Previously an explosion in a Pernik mine killed nine workers.

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