24.10.2026 15:31
Three people died and five were injured in a firedamp explosion in Gelik town in the Kilimli district of Zonguldak. Following the explosion, operation manager M.S.D., occupational health and safety specialist E.Y., and mining engineer Y.Ç. were detained.
Three suspects have been detained in connection with the firedamp explosion at a private coal mine in the Gelik town of Kilimli district in Zonguldak, in which 3 people lost their lives and 5 people were injured.
The investigation conducted by the Zonguldak Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the incident is ongoing. As part of the investigation, following the explosion that occurred as a result of methane gas accumulation in the coal mine located within the licensed mining area, operations manager M.S.D., occupational health and safety specialist E.Y., and mining engineer Y.Ç. were detained. The suspects' procedures at the gendarmerie are ongoing.
THE 3 WORKERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WERE BURIED
Meanwhile, the 3 workers who lost their lives in the explosion were buried. Miner Recep Çolakoğlu, a father of 3 children, was laid to rest in the village cemetery after the funeral prayer was performed in Alibüyük Neighborhood of Osmanlı village. Cengizhan Bükrübaş was laid to rest in the village cemetery after the funeral prayer was performed at the Central Mosque.
Murat Kaya, a father of one child, was laid to rest in the village cemetery after the noon prayer was performed at Kartaloğlu Neighborhood Mosque in Aşağı Sarmaşık village of Saltukova town in Çaycuma district.