Remains found at New Zealand mine more than a decade after disaster

Remains found at New Zealand mine more than a decade after disaster
More than a decade after a methane explosion killed 29 workers at the New Zealand coal mine, police said they have found at least two of the bodies thanks to new camera images (Iain McGregor/NZPA/AP)

Two more bodies have been found at the site of a New Zealand coal mine explosion which killed 29 workers more than a decade ago.

Police used new camera images to make the discovery at the Pike River mine, but added the area is still too dangerous to enter so they will not be able to recover the remains.

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