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14 Trapped Following Mexico Mine Explosion

   VOA News  May 03, 2011
   People stand outside a mine owned by BINA in Sabinas, Mexico, where an
   explosion occurred earlier in the day, May 3, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   People stand outside a mine owned by BINA in Sabinas, Mexico, where an
   explosion occurred earlier in the day, May 3, 2011

   A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern Mexico has left 14 miners
   trapped.
   Officials say the blast happened early Tuesday at the mine in the town
   of Sabinas, in the state of Coahuila. It is not clear whether there
   were any fatalities in the explosion. Authorities say one other person
   lost an arm in the blast.
   Rescue workers are on the scene, but authorities say the presence of
   methane gas is hindering their efforts to reach the miners.
   Local news reports say the facility belongs to the mining company
   BINSA.
   In 2006, an explosion at another mine in Sabinas left 65 miners dead.
   The bodies of most of the victims in that accident were never
   recovered.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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