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Rescuers free coal miners in Bosnia after earthquake Five coal miners die in Bosnia after quake rocks mine
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Emergency services in central Bosnia have begun freeing 34 miners trapped in a coal mine which collapsed in a gas explosion following a small earthquake. Rescuers at a coal mine in Bosnia have freed 29 trapped miners but five others were confirmed dead after a gas blast caused by a small earthquake.
Tired, their faces smeared with coal dust, miners were being pulled one by one out of the Raspotocje coal mine in Zenica after spending the night more than 500m (1,600ft) below ground. The survivors were pulled one by one out of the Raspotocje mine in Zenica after spending the night more than 500m (1,600ft) below ground.
Relief among people waiting outside turned to anguish when it became clear that not all 34 men had survived.
Twenty-two other miners escaped before the pit collapsed on Thursday.Twenty-two other miners escaped before the pit collapsed on Thursday.
The 3.5-magnitude quake struck north-west of the capital Sarajevo. The 3.5-magnitude quake had struck north-west of the capital Sarajevo.
It is the third accident involving gas explosions at the Zenica coal mine since the start of the year. It was a heart-breaking end to the rescue effort, the BBC's Guy Delauney reports.
Anxious family members cried with happiness as they embraced their loved ones, the Associated Press news agency reports. Ambulances stood ready to take the miners for medical tests. People in Zenica who had been following the drama at the mine had been assured that all the miners were alive and well. It was only as the last of the men emerged from that pit that the reality became clear, our correspondent says.
The explosion which triggered the collapse was the third such incident at the facility this year.
Even before news of the deaths emerged, unions and families of the trapped miners had accused management of understating the scale of the problem - and moving too slowly rescue the men.