Turkey mine disaster gas masks ‘were 15 years past expiry date’
By Daniel Dombey and Piotr Zalewski in IstanbulAuthor alerts
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the scene after a coal mine explosion in Soma, Manisa, Turkey on May 14 2014©AP
Gas masks used in the Turkish coal mine where a fire last week claimed the lives of 301 miners were more than 15 years past their expiry date, media in the country have reported, as both the mining company and the country’s government struggle with the disaster’s aftermath
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