Workers toil despite fire burning below ground, while family members scan images of corpses at nearby coordination centre

Coal dust and smoke hung in the air and everyone was awake waiting for news as night fell in the small town of Soma.

At the mine where more than 270 people lost their lives in what is now known to be deadliest labour incident in Turkey’s history, rescue workers from all over the country were still trying to bring up those still trapped underground.

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