Underground mine explosion kills two people at Cobar in far western NSW

Woman and man confirmed dead and another woman airlifted to hospital after blast at mine 450km east of Broken Hill Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our...

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Woman and man confirmed dead and another woman airlifted to hospital after blast at mine 450km east of Broken Hill Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two people have been killed in a Wednesday morning explosion at an underground mine in the far west of New South Wales. Police said emergency services were called to the mine on Endeavour Mine Road at Cobar, about 450km east of Broken Hill, at around 3.45am after being told two people had been critically injured in a workplace incident. Continue reading...