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A miner that went missing in a Monday morning blast at the Uricani underground mine was found dead Secretary of State with the Interior Ministry (MAI) Raed Arafat told AGERPRES.
Four miners on Monday morning were caught in a blast that originated in an underground gallery of the mine in the Jiu Valley.
The three injured were to be brought to Bucharest — two to the Burn Hospital, and the third to the Bagdasar-Arseni Hospital.
Three miners injured in a Monday morning explosion at the Uricani mine in the Jiu Valley have sustained burns of their airways, hands, feet and faces, says Petrosani Emergency Hospital Director Alin Vasilescu.
He said surgery and wound dressing procedures on two of the miners who were brought to this hospital were completed, and they were transferred to the Intensive Care Unit.
"One of the victims has sustained burns on 35-40 percent of his body, and the second miner has burns covering 8 percent of his body. The burns are on the face, hands and feet, and the victims have also suffered burns on the airways," said Vasilescu. The third miner sustained minor injuries.
Prosecutors with the Petrosani Courthouse on Monday started a criminal investigation into an accident having occurred in a gallery of the Uricani underground mine earlier in the day that left four injured, according to the Attorney General's Office.
