Fico declared national mourning

Bratislava - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has declared today a national day of mourning for the 20 miners killed in mine Handlu. Explosion occurred on Monday in the morning while the mining and miners lifeguards put out small fire in the pit that broke out that day.


"This is a huge tragedy. Given its scale, the government has declared national mourning. I was asked to carry out investigations in which to participate and foreign experts, "said Fico who visited the place of an accident. The government has also decided to pay the 800 euro first aid to families of miners killed, and the place is great Handlu cancel its Hundredth industrial exploitation of coal in the country, scheduled for September.

Nine miners who were still something of the explosion managed to out last and only with lighter injuries and burns that do not have to remain in the hospital, but 20 miners remain covered a telephone link with them has been suspended. Life saving actions in the smenjivalo five teams of 11 to 15 people tried for hours to the deep in the night to find out and covered the miners survived if they be. "The lifeguards find body epicentrima 656 meters from the explosion. According to their terms and to continue a series of pit such that it does not allow you to survive any one of them. It can be said that the death occurring at the time of the explosion, "said the Slovak Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek. Slovak mines accidents in recent years are related by one, two more victims of the last was in 2006. The new mine, which belongs to the same mining company, when it is covered under the earth killed six miners.