Three more bodies recovered from Umrangso rat-hole coal mine; five miners still missing

way2barak, January 12: The death toll in the tragic Umrangso coal mine accident rose to four on Saturday, after rescue teams recovered three more bodies from a rat-hole coal mine at Three Kilo. A joint rescue team comprising the Indian Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been working to rescue the miners trapped in the collapsed coal mine in Assam. Five more remain missing.

On Saturday morning, the second deceased miner, whose body was recovered at 7:36 am, was identified as Lijen Magar, 27, a resident of Kalamati village in the district.

Lijen Magar’s body was found floating on accumulated water in the collapsed coal mine after the Indian Army and NDRF divers went to bring out the worker.

Two more bodies were recovered hours later on Saturday from the rat-hole coal mine at Three Kilo in the Umrangso area. This is the third and fourth body recovered by the rescue teams, respectively.

The four deceased labourers are among the nine workers trapped inside the coal mine in Umrangsu on Monday after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.