In three days of rescue work, 11 bodies were recovered until Saturday with rescue workers still searching for the last worker inside the collapsed structure.

Local residents gather as rescuers conduct an operation to recover coal mine workers following a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in Singidi, a remote area of southwest Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP

Officials say a methane gas explosion has caused a mine to collapse in a remote area in restive southwest Pakistan, killing at least three workers and trapping nine others

A methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, killing at least four miners, authorities said, as officials launched a search operation to rescue eight other missing workers.