巴基斯坦西南部俾路支省克塔市附近的一座煤矿于7月31日发生爆炸事故，造成34名矿工死亡[1]。爆炸可能由甲烷气体积累引发[1]，事发时矿内约有40名矿工[1]。该煤矿位于4,000英尺（1,219米）的深度[1]。
俾路支省矿务官Ghani Baloch表示："找到活着的人的机会在减少"[1]，强调在甲烷爆炸中生还者的生存机会渺茫[1]。官方宣布将向每名受害者家属提供500,000巴基斯坦卢比（约1,800美元、1,570欧元）的赔偿[1]，并承诺进行安全检查[1]。
2024年巴基斯坦俾路支省曾发生甲烷气体爆炸，造成12人死亡[1]，此次事故再次凸显了该地区煤矿的安全隐患。
A coal mine explosion in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province claimed the lives of 34 miners on July 31 [1]. The blast occurred at a pit near Quetta, the provincial capital, where approximately 40 miners were working at the time of the accident [1]. Officials attributed the explosion to the accumulation of methane gas within the mine, which sits 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) underground [1].
The prospects for recovering survivors remain grim. Ghani Baloch, a mining official in Balochistan, stated that "the chances of finding people alive are decreasing" [1]. Authorities announced compensation of 500,000 Pakistani rupees—approximately $1,800 or 1,570 euros—for each victim's family [1]. Officials emphasized that survival rates in methane explosions are extremely low [1]. This incident follows another methane gas explosion in Balochistan earlier in 2024 that killed 12 people [1].