Emergency workers are desperately searching for those still trapped hundreds of metres below ground.
At least 22 people have died and dozens remain trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey's Bartin province.
At least 110 people were working in the mine at the time of the blast, dozens of them at a depth of more than 300 metres below the surface. Rescuers were digging through hard rock to try to try to reach survivors, Turkey's interior minister said.Video footage shows miners emerging blackened and bleary-eyed accompanied by rescuers at the facility in Amasra on the Black Sea coast.
Hundreds of emergency service workers and the family and friends of the missing could also be seen at the mine as rescuers worked through the night.Turkey's energy minister said there were initial indications that the blast was caused by firedamp, which is methane forming an explosive mixture in coal mines.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to visit the site on Saturday.
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