25 dead, many trapped in Turkish coal mine blast

At least 25 people have died and dozens remain trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey’s Bartin province.
Around 110 people were working in the mine at the time of the blast, almost half of them at over 300 metres deep.
According to international media, Turkey’s health minister Fahrettin Koca said 11 people had been rescued and were being treated.
As night fell, emergency workers were digging through rock to try to reach more survivors.
Video footage shows miners emerging blackened and bleary-eyed accompanied by rescuers at the facility in Amasra, on the Black Sea coast.
The family and friends of the missing could also be seen at the mine, anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.
The explosion is believed to have occurred at around 300m deep. Some 49 people were working in the “risky” zone between 300 and 350m (985 to 1,150ft) underground, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.