Soma mine disaster

When

13 May 2014

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

39.19° N, 27.64° E

Description

2014 mine fire in Turkey

Deaths

301

2014 mine fire in Turkey

On 13 May 2014, a fire broke out at Eynez coal mine in Soma, Manisa, Turkey, killing 301 workers in the deadliest mining accident in the country's history. The mine was operated by Soma Kömür İşletmeleri A.Ş. under a contract with the state-owned Turkish Coal Operations Authority. There were 787 workers underground when the fire occurred near a shift change.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “an underground coal fire at a mine in Soma, Manisa, killing 301 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Türkiye'nin Manisa iline bağlı Soma ilçesindeki bir maden ocağında çıkan yangın sonucunda 301 maden işçisi öldü”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem Grubenunglück im westtürkischen Soma sterben mehr als 300 Bergleute”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “L'accident minier de Soma (province de Manisa), dû à une explosion dans une mine de charbon, fait au moins 301 victimes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в результате взрыва и последующего за ним обвала на турецкой шахте, расположенной в провинции Маниса, погиб 301 человек, 485 спасены”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Turquía, un accidente minero causa 300 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “トルコ・マニサ県ソマの炭鉱で爆発事故、301人死亡（ソマ炭鉱爆発事故）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page