The Ministry of Mining and Energy stated that eight miners died and 18 were injured in an accident that took place this morning at the "Soko" coal mine near Sokobanja.
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Eight miners die in accident at "Soko" coal mine
Belgrade,
1 April 2022
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mining and Energy Zorana Mihajlovic visited the mine in which the accident occurred and expressed her condolences to the families of the dead miners.
On behalf of the Serbian government, all of us and on my own behalf, I express my condolences to the families of the victims. The state will help them as much as possible. This is a difficult moment for all the people who are here, but also for all of us. The inspection service, police and all competent bodies are on the spot and are doing everything that is necessary to find out what exactly caused this tragedy, she underlined.
Director of Public Enterprise for Underground Coal Exploitation "Resavica" Sasa Spasic said that the accident in the pit of the "Soko" mine occurred shortly after 4 am in the part of the mine deposit of the eastern field during the third shift, in the course of regular works on coal exploitation.
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