Turkey PM Erdogan arrives at mine collapse site

AFP , Wednesday 14 May 2014

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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo:Reuters)

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at the site of a mining accident that has killed at least 205 people and left potentially hundreds trapped in one of the country's worst ever industrial disasters.

Erdogan travelled to the site in Soma district in western Turkey, where a large crowd of families and mourners have gathered since an explosion on Tuesday caused parts of the mine to collapse.

Nurettin Akcul, head of Turkey's mining union, told AFP there were between 100 and 150 people still in the mine.

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