Cause of incident in Degaña, Asturias, remains unclear, as emergency services cite ‘problem with a machine’

Five people died and another four were seriously injured after an explosion on Monday at a coalmine in Spain’s northern region of Asturias, officials have said.

Two other workers at the Cerredo mine in Degaña, about 450km (280 miles) north-west of Madrid, were unharmed in the incident, local emergency services said.