NEW ZEALAND - ALL 29 men missing in a New Zealand mine were presumed dead on Wednesday after a 'horrific' second blast tore through the colliery, plunging the country into mourning.
Police said there was now no chance of finding anyone alive, confirming the country's worst mining accident in nearly a century and prompting anguished scenes as distraught relatives wept, shouted and collapsed to the floor.
'There was another explosion at the mine. It was extremely severe,' superintendent Gary Knowles told reporters. 'Based on expert evidence I have been given... it is our belief that no one has survived and everyone has perished.'
The victims of the blasts ranged from a 17-year-old on his first shift to a 62-year-old veteran.
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