Two coal miners were killed while seven others were critically injured in a gas leak incident at the Naginimora coal mines in Nagaland on Wednesday.

The gas leak took place today in Nagaland’s Mon district at the Naginimora coal mine situated near the Assam-Nagaland border.

The miners were reportedly inside the mine when the leak took place in which two of them were killed and seven others were left hospitalized.

The injured have been rushed to the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh.

Further details are awaited.