What the records say
- When
- 15 Nov 2008
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 45.45° N, 23.40° E
- Description
- Petrila Mine disaster: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County.
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Petrila.
Summary
Petrila Mine disaster: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County
Petrila Mine disaster
Coal mine disaster in Romania
On November 15, 2008, 12 miners died in two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County, Romania. On November 24 another miner died at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest raising the death toll to 13.
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