Three colliers died and four others injured in an explosion that rocked a coalmine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s District Kohat on Wednesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

KP police informed media men that the rescue and other law-enforcement agencies teams were rushed to the accident site. They launched rescue and relief operations immediately.

Officials said the explosion took place in Adamkhel Pass of Kohat District.

Rescue officials shifted the bodies and the injured, all belonged to District Shangla, to a hospital.