Explosion of methane caused Wokha rat-hole coal mine accident
The rat-hole coal mine accident in Ruchan village under Bhandari sub-division in Wokha district, which killed 6 miners and injured 4 others on 25 January was caused by “fire and…
Unusual borehole fire erupts in Tizit’s Namsa Town; suspected methane gas ignition
A fire erupted from a newly drilled borehole at Pongma Colony in Namsa town, within the Tizit area of Mon district, on 16 September 2023. Geologists suggest that the source…