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Rescue team leader Yapıcı stated that the carbon monoxide levels in the mine were very high and they encountered flames in their rescue efforts. He said, "We rescued a few of our friends injured, but we couldn't go further because of the flames. There was a big red flame."

Forty-one mine workers were killed last month in a firedamp explosion in a coal mine operated by the state-run coal enterprise.

Due to ventilation problems, the smoke after the explosion affected miners also in other corridors therefore possibly increasing losses of life, according to the report.

While the Amasra mine was "one of the safest" with security equipment, the people employed in the mine were undertrained, says a retired worker.

"The spoils system politicians have created in bureaucracy and the appointment of inadequate persons to responsible positions have resulted in countless problems," the Chamber of Mining Engineers said after an on-site examination.

Nearly one in four people in Bartın city had submitted a petition to the ministry, demanding the cancellation of the project.

Bartın Platform has submitted a petition for the cancellation of a plan made to facilitate construction of Hema Thermal Power Plant in Amasra.

Amasra residents are getting prepared to bring an action against Environmental Impact Assessment positive report, which was accepted recently, of coal power plant in Amasra.