<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ten workers were killed in Indonesia after an explosion in a coal mine caused a collapse, a rescue agency official said Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The miners were at a coal mine in the West Sumatra province when the blast buried an estimated 14 people.</div><div><br></div><div>The mine "reportedly collapsed due to an explosion caused by methane", local search and rescue agency spokesman Octavianto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said in a statement.He said 10 bodies were recovered, while four people survived.</div><div><br></div><div>The mine was reported to be a licensed operation.</div><div><br></div><div>Mining accidents are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago nation, especially at unlicensed abandoned sites where people scrounge for leftover ore without using proper safety equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>In September this year, at least seven people died when a landslide hit a mine on Borneo Island.</div><div><br></div><div>And in April, 12 miners at an illegal gold mine in North Sumatra province were killed in a landslide. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>