March seven, twenty twenty-six. A gas leak at the OsOO Batken Munay mine in Samarkandek village, Batken region. Two miners dead. One rescued alive from two hundred metres down. Eighteen others hospitalized with gas poisoning. Condition satisfactory.
Thirteen rescue workers deployed. They retrieved both bodies from the two-hundred-metre depth and handed them to law enforcement. The survivor went straight to the ambulance crew. After the operation the Ministry of Emergency Situations established a barrier at forty metres and stood down.
Open.kg confirms the toll: two dead, nineteen injured. Same mine. Same village. Same date. The ministry’s press service reported the gas release at two hundred metres depth. Thirteen rescuers recovered the bodies and one survivor. Eighteen miners with gas poisoning taken to Batken district hospital.
Gazeta.kg first reported the incident on March eight. Open.kg followed on March nine. Both cite the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The mine operator is OsOO Batken Munai, also spelled Batken Munay.
Rescue crews reached the site and pulled two bodies from the deep shaft. One miner survived the ordeal. Eighteen coworkers inhaled toxic gas. All eighteen are stable at the district hospital. A safety cordon now blocks access at the forty-metre level.
The accident happened at the mine run by OsOO Batken Munai near Samarkandek in the Batken district. Thirteen mining rescue staff were sent to the scene. They brought up the two dead miners from roughly two hundred metres down along with one survivor who went to medics. Another eighteen men suffered gas poisoning. They are in satisfactory condition at Batken district hospital. Once the operation finished the Emergency Ministry set a barrier at the forty-metre mark and pulled its people back.
Kyrgyzstan’s Emergency Ministry said the leak struck the OsOO Batken Munay operation in Samarkandek village. Thirteen rescue specialists mobilized. They hauled two fatalities from around two hundred metres below ground and turned the remains over to police. One miner came out alive and went straight to paramedics. Eighteen additional workers breathed toxic gas. All are stable at the district hospital. When the job ended the ministry posted a barrier at the forty-metre level and withdrew its teams.
Sources
- Two Miners Died at the Mine in Batken » Gazeta.kg – News of Kyrgyzstan and Bishkek Today
- Two miners died, 19 injured in Batken region » News of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek and Osh – latest events today
