Gas explosion in coal mine kills 4 people in Pakistan

A gas explosion inside a coal mine on Wednesday killed at least four workers and seriously injured another miner in Pakistan's Balochistan province. 

According to the Dawn newspaper report, four coal miners burnt to death as result of a methane gas blast inside a coal mine in Chamalang area of Dukki



district. 

Dukki's district police officer Sardar Hashim Khan said one coal miner sustained serious injuries as a result of the blast. 

He said the miners were extracting coal from thousands feet inside the mine when the tragedy struck.