At least six labourers were killed and 10 others injured in a coalmine blast due to accumulation of poisonous gas in Dolli area of Lower Orakzai Agency here on Thursday. According to political administration, the incident took place when the labourers were busy in routine work. Local people and labourers retrieved the bodies from the mine after hectic efforts.
All the deceased hailed from Shangla district. The bodies were dispatched to their native areas after completion of legal formalities.