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Gulf Today Report 

At least six miners died in a coal mine blast in southwestern Pakistan, according to officials.

The blast was due to an explosion of accumulated methane gas, officials confirmed.

Those that passed were among eight miners that got trapped about 1,000 feet underground at a coal field in Marwar. 

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"Six bodies have been retrieved by the rescue team from the affected mine this morning,” a senior official of the Directorate of Mines said.

"(The) mine has been closed and an inquiry has been ordered by the Chief Inspector of Mines into the incident."

Citing past cases, Sultan Muhammad Lala, president of the Balochistan Coal Mines Workers Federation said the government and mine owners were not ensuring safe working conditions at the sites.