UNTERBREIZBACH, Germany (Reuters) - Three miners were killed on Tuesday after breathing leaked carbon dioxide following a controlled explosion at a potash mine operated by K+S in the German state of Thueringia, the company said.
The accident happened in a 700-metre deep shaft near the town of Unterbreizbach. Four other miners were rescued.
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