Kyrgyzstan: Four miners die from carbon monoxide poisoning

Four miners died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a coal mine in the southern Batken region of Kyrgyzstan, Report says, citing TASS.

“Four people died in a mine in Sulukta town of Batken region,” the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The accident occurred on June 23 at the mine of the Kenchiler-Bereke company.

Three men and one woman died of gas poisoning. Their birth dates were 1947, 1983, 1986, and 2001.

Rescuers arrived at the site and recovered the bodies from the mine.