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2 Zambo miners die of suffocation

Roel Pareño - The Philippine Star
June 30, 2014 | 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Personnel of the Philippine National Oil Co. recovered the bodies of two coal miners who died from methane gas suffocation in a tunnel in a village in Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay last Friday, authorities said.

Police said the bodies of Rene Talova, 35, and Mark Jay Pantaleon, 19, who worked for the Artemio Pantaleon and Co. coal mine, were recovered nearly five hours after they were trapped and suffocated in the pit.        

ARTEMIO PANTALEON AND CO

BODIES

COAL

DIPLAHAN

MARK JAY PANTALEON

PANTALEON

PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL CO

RECOVERED

RENE TALOVA

ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY
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