Fourteen workers were trapped Tuesday following a blast at a coal mine in Sabinas, in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, where a high concentration of methane gas was hampering rescue efforts. Hours after the accident, there was no sign that the miners might be alive. Mayor Jesus Maria Montemayor Garza said they were believed to be 60 metres underground, according to a report of the German Press Agency "DPA". "We hold great hope that they may be alive, although the explosion was strong," he said.
