Sharjah 24 - AFP: At least 14 coalminers died Friday when a blast tore through a mine on Turkey's Black Sea coast, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, dramatically raising the initial death toll.

Soylu also confirmed early reports that 49 people were still trapped down the mine in the town of Amasra, where rescuers were trying to dig through hundreds of metres of hard rock to reach them.