Four persons were killed and several oth🌳ers injured in a coal mine blast in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Monday, police said.
However, West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd (WBPDCL) claimed that five people lost 🥀their lives due to the blast in its mine.
The incident happened around 10.30 am i๊n Bhadulia block, aꦕ police officer said.
"So far, we have reco༒vered three bodies. Rescue operations are on," he said.
The explosion occuꦛrred when detonators were being transported for planned blasts at the Gangaramchak and Gangaramchak-Bhadulia coal mines, a WBPDCL official said.
A mine develop🐲e🎀r and operator (MDO) runs operations at the captive block.
This is a developing story...
