President Erdoğan inspects coal mine blast site in Amasra
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inspected the ongoing search and rescue works at a coal mine in Bartın’s Amasra district where a blast yesterday killed 40 miners.
Making a speech during the inspections, President Erdoğan noted that the coal mine blast due to firedamp deeply saddened the Turkish nation. The President wished Allah’s mercy upon all the mine workers who were killed in the blast and offered his condolences to their families.
Wishing a speedy recovery for those rescued from the mine and currently under treatment, President Erdoğan said: “The state has launched efforts at the site of the accident by mobilizing all of its institutions right after the blast, which occurred 300 and 350 meters underground at the mine. While search and rescue works are going on, our injured workers have been transferred to hospitals in several provinces by ambulances, helicopters and air ambulances.”
“ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION WILL REVEAL WHAT CAUSED THE BLAST”
“The administrative and judicial investigation will reveal what caused the blast and who, if anyone, is responsible. These multi-pronged investigations have already been initiated,” underlined the President, and added: “Our priority right now is to rescue our workers underground. We have reached our 41st worker, the very last one. He was dead. Therefore, the number of the dead which we had previously announced to be 40 became 41. We wish Allah’s mercy upon all of them. May they rest in peace. As in every other issue, we put human first in business life as well. Any activity in which human life is not safe is not credible for us. In this spirit, it is of course unforgiveable for us that accidents with significant death tolls continue to take place at our mines. We don’t want to see any deficiencies or unnecessary risks at our mines.”
President Erdoğan further stressed: “We do everything in our power in order to bury mine accidents in history by employing all the means of technology and all the instruments of business administration. I believe that our domestic and national capabilities will be sufficient to enable us to implement the necessary structural transformation in this issue.”
