A 2014 explosion in a Turkish coal mine became the nation's worst industrial disaster
A routine shift at a mine in Soma, Turkey, turned into a national tragedy in 2014 when a fire trapped hundreds of workers underground, leading to the country's deadliest industrial accident.
On May 13, 2014, an explosion and subsequent fire at a coal mine in Soma, Turkey, claimed the lives of 301 miners. The disaster was caused by an electrical fault that ignited a coal fire, filling the tunnels with deadly carbon monoxide. Most victims died from smoke inhalation rather than the blast itself.
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