Kakanj mine disaster
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The Kakanj mine disaster was a mining accident
on June 7, 1965 at a coal mine in Kakanj
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
gas explosion at the Orasi mine shaft of the Kakanj mine casused a cave-in, which killed 128 miners. There were no survivors. The Kakanj disaster remained the worst one in the country's history until the Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster in 1990.
Mining accident
A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals.Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year, especially in the processes of coal mining and hard rock mining...
on June 7, 1965 at a coal mine in Kakanj
Kakanj
Kakanj , is an industrial town and a municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located north of Visoko and southeast of Zenica. It was built along the slopes of wide hills on either side of the Zgošća river...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
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Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is the simplest alkane, the principal component of natural gas, and probably the most abundant organic compound on earth. The relative abundance of methane makes it an attractive fuel...
gas explosion at the Orasi mine shaft of the Kakanj mine casused a cave-in, which killed 128 miners. There were no survivors. The Kakanj disaster remained the worst one in the country's history until the Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster in 1990.