After an explosion in a mine in northern Turkey, 49 workers are blocked, said the governor of Bartın province Nurtaj Arslan.

The explosion occurred in a mine in northern Turkey, there are workers under the rubble, CNN Turk channel reported earlier. A Haber TV channel, citing local authorities, reported that 115 workers were underground at the site of the explosion at a depth of 300 meters, some of them evacuated.

The cause of the explosion is not yet known.