A portion of the mine had collapsed after the explosion, leaving all of the miners trapped.
Rescue groups and different miners within the neighborhood rushed to the location to assist the trapped and retrieve the our bodies, it mentioned.
All of the victims belonged to the Shangla space of Swat.
Speaking in regards to the incident, Chief Inspector of Mines Ghani Baloch mentioned a fireplace erupted after the fuel explosion some 1,500 ft deep contained in the mine, which blocked its mouth.
He mentioned rescue groups have thus far managed to recuperate 5 our bodies.
“One physique continues to be buried below the particles,” the official mentioned, including that the incident befell at 9 am on Saturday when the miners had been digging out coal.
A probe has been ordered into the incident.
Final week, a fuel blast at a coal mine in Orakzai tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed 9 employees and injured 4 others.