Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster

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The Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster was a mining accident that happened on August 26, 1990 at the mine shaft Dobrnja-jug of the Kreka lignite mine near Mramor in the municipality of Tuzla in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the worst mining accident in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 180 miners were killed in the accident.^[1][2]

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Between 01:20 and 01:30 a.m. on August 26, 1990 a methane gas^[1] explosion 1,800 feet below the surface caused a cave in which buried the entire third shift who were near the site of the explosion.^[3] 180 miners were killed leaving behind 365 of their children without fathers. One miner who was bringing the lignite to the surface was the sole survivor.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} TuzlaNU
2. ^ ^{a b} Tuzlarije - Tuzla Ovih Dana
3. ^ 178 Miners Feared Dead In Yugoslav Explosion - New York Times

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• A complete list of the dead

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