Pike River Mine disaster
The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, 46 kilometres (29 mi) northeast of Greymouth, in the West Coast region of New Zealand''s South methane explosion occurred in the mine at approximately 3:44 pm (NZDT, UTC+13).At the time of the explosion 31 miners and contractors were present in the mine.