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Investigation begins into fatal mine gas leak

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:27:00 +0200

Details emerged on Thursday as an investigation was launched into the worst mining accident in Germany since 1989. Three men died in a mine in central Germany on Tuesday afternoon after deadly gas escaped into a mine shaft.

Explosion kills three miners, four rescued

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:25:00 +0200

UPDATE: Three people are dead after a carbon dioxide explosion at a mine in central Germany trapped seven miners on Tuesday afternoon.

'Gas explosion' caused by man's buttocks

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:20:00 +0100

A reported explosion sparked a dramatic effort to save a 21-year-old man until authorities realised he had simply sat on a gas pistol in a drunken haze, police in North Rhine-Westphalia reported on Tuesday.