"Some of the miners died of suffocation while the rest were burnt to death when a powerful blast caused by some poisonous gas ripped through the 1,800 feet deep seam" said Dr Abdul Wahab after examining the dead and wounded miners.
Those who lost lives in the incidents were identified as Mir Hashim, Muhammad Alam, Wali Muhammad, Nurruddin, Abdul Wahab, Roshanzada, Qudrat Gul, Muhammad Salim, Bakhti Hamid, Gul Hadi, Nasim Gul, Muhammad Hussein, Anwar and Mir Hijan.
Out of the total dead, 12 miners are from Shangla, Swat district while the remaining two belong to Balochistan. The coalmine was owned by Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC). The mines department authorities are investigating the incident.