Relatives of missing miners wait outside a tunnel during the rescue operation at a coal mine in Pakistan on Monday.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Rescuers are having a hard time determining how many people were in the mine
- Methane gas explodes in a coal mine near Quetta in Pakistan
- Rescuers are worried that other miners may have entered the mine after the blast
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Rescuers have found 43 bodies in a southwest Pakistan mine that collapsed after a methane gas explosion, officials said Tuesday.
The explosion occurred Sunday near the city of Quetta and rescuers are having a hard time determining the exact total of people who were in the mine.
It was originally reported that there were 52 people in the mine, but that figure may not be accurate, said Naseem Lehari, commissioner of Quetta.
Rescuers are also concerned that other miners may have rushed into the mine in an attempt to rescue others after the blast, Lehari said.
The mine in the Soringe area, 35 kilometers (about 22 miles) east of Quetta.
Journalist Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report.
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