KUCHING: Eleven victims of the coal mine explosion which left three workers dead in Pantu, Sri Aman Division Saturday, are still warded in the intensive care unit of the Sarawak General Hospital (HUS) here.
According to HUS staff, their condition was critical but stable and they were suffering breathing difficulties.
Another seven victims are recuperating in a regular ward.
Three other victims have been warded at the Sri Aman Hospital and five more were in two private hospitals here.
The workers killed in the 9am explosion at Selantik were identified as Indonesian national Kardianto, 38, North Korean Pang Chung Hyok, 29, and Myanmar Tun Tun Win, 29.
The bodies, currently kept at the Sri Aman Hospital will be transferred to HUS for a post-mortem Monday.
The other injured workers comprise North Koreans, Indonesians, Myanmar, Chinese nationals and Bangladeshis.
The blast was believed to have been caused by sparks from a faulty fan which ignited some gas, causing an explosion in a 69m-deep tunnel.
The mine, located about 3km from the Sri Aman main road, had been in operation for eight years with 119 foreign workers - North Koreans (46), Indonesians (19), Myanmar (29), Chinese (15) and Bangladeshi (10).
The last explosion at a coal mine in the state was in Abok in 2012, in which four Chinese nationals were killed. - Bernama
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