Pasta de Conchos mine disaster

Quando

19 de fev. de 2006

Tipo

Acidente em mina

Coordenadas

27.97° N, 101.33° W

Description

2006 methane explosion in Coahuila, Mexico

Deaths

65

Injured

13

2006 methane explosion in Coahuila, Mexico

A methane explosion occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. CST on February 19, 2006, in the Pasta de Conchos coal mine near Nueva Rosita, San Juan de Sabinas Municipality, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The mines were run by Grupo México, the largest mining company in the country. It was estimated that 65 miners, who were working the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift that morning, were trapped underground by the explosion.

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