WARSAW, July 11, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A tremor in a Polish coal mine on Thursday left at least ten miners injured and two others missing, the mine operator told Polish media.

"We remain without contact with two miners. All the others are in contact with the rescue services," the spokesperson for the Polish mining group PGG Aleksandra Wysocka-Siembiga told private news channel TVN24.

She said the tremor occurred at a depth of 1,200 meters (3,900 feet) in the Rydultowy mine in southern Poland.

There were 68 miners underground at the time.

Wysocka-Siembiga said there were 10 teams of rescuers at the scene.
Last year, fifteen miners died in mining accidents in Poland, compared to 36 the year before.