Toxic gas claimed lives of four coalminers in Chamalang,

Sources said at least four coalminers were killed when toxic gas accumulated in a coalmine, causing an explosion in the Chamalang area of Balochistan. Coalmine sources said that four labourers working inside the coalmine died as lethal gas that had accumulated in the mine caused a huge explosion. The victims include Zahir Khan, Wali Jan, Musa Khan and Naseebullah. Soon after the blast, rescue teams reached the spot and started an operation to pull out the dead labourers from the coalmine. The bodies of the deceased have been sent to their native towns.