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Rescue operation

Polish rescuers on the ground in Turkey

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A team of 76 Polish search and rescue specialists arrived in Turkey in the early hours of Tuesday morning to help in rescue and relief operations after the south-east of the country and northern Syria were hit by a major earthquake on Monday morning.

‘Hardest mission ever!’ Polish search and rescue team head to Turkey as earthquake death toll mounts

A 76-strong team has set off to help in the rescue effort following the massive earthquake that hit the country on Monday morning as the teams head says: “The mission... will be one of the hardest we've been on so far."

Three Spanish divers rescued by Polish services in Baltic Sea

The three Spanish divers who have been rescued by the Polish Maritime Search and Rescue Services in the Baltic Sea, lacked a motorboat licence and did not have permission to dive, according to Poland's police.

More victims from coach crash in Croatia to be transported to Poland

The Polish Medical Air Rescue (LPR) will transport, to Poland, on Thursday, three patients who were injured in a coach crash in Croatia, Poland's health ministry reported on Thursday.

Rescuers reach injured miner in Zofiówka colliery

A team from the Central Mining Rescue Station working at the Zofiówka mine in the southern Polish province of Silesia, have managed to reach one of four miners missing after a tremor hit the pit on Saturday.

Four deaths confirmed in mining accident

Doctors have confirmed the deaths of two more miners whose bodies were found after a tremor shook the Zofiówka coal mine, in southern Poland, in the early hours on Saturday, the owner of the coal mine said on Sunday.

Ten miners missing after tremor hits Zofiówka mine

A tremor shook the Zofiówka coal mine in southern Poland in the early hours on Saturday, leaving ten miners missing, according to a statement by the mining conglomerate JSW, the mine owner.

Pniowek rescue operation abandoned

Attempts to rescue seven miners trapped below ground at the Pniowek coal mine in southern Poland have been abandoned, Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW), the company owning the mine, announced on Friday.

One miner rescued, search for another continues

One miner has already been found and taken to hospital after a 15-hour long rescue operation at the Bielszowice mine, southern Poland, following a Saturday morning tremor. The search for a second miner continues.

Two miners missing after underground accident

A rescue operation has been launched after two miners went missing after an accident in the Mysłowice-Wesoła coal mine in southern Poland on Thursday.

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‘Hardest mission ever!’ Polish search and rescue team head to Turkey as earthquake death toll mounts

A 76-strong team has set off to help in the rescue effort following the massive earthquake that hit the country on Monday morning as the teams head says: “The mission... will be one of the hardest we've been on so far."

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