A coal mine collapse in Minhla township of central Myanmar’s Magway region. Photo: Minhla Myoma Police Station

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of four miners killed three days ago in a coal mine collapse in Minhla township of central Myanmar’s Magway region after water from torrential rain breached area levies and poured into the shaft, RFA reported.

The first two bodies recovered on Monday were identified as those of Soe Aung, 19, from Kyauk Htaung village in Minhla township, and Paing Soe Win, 28, from Hla Kaya village in Ann township, they said.

Rescuers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of Naing Htet Oo, 20, and Aung Chanthar, 16, both from Ann township, they said.

The four workers who died were inside the mine’s 600-foot-deep pit when it collapsed, but no details of the causes of death were available.