the president abdullah gul has arrived at the mine where more than 280 have now been confirmed dead in what is the country's worst industrial disaster. another 150 are still missing. president gul arriving at this mine after the arrival yesterday of the turkish prime ministerer do began. when he arrived he was booed by relations of the coalminers of not doing enough for the safety mining record around the country. you can't actually see the president in that throng of people at the moment, but he is surrounded by numerous body guards. tight security indeed at the mine given what happened yesterday. and indeed demonstrations and clashes between riot police and protestors in the turkish capital an capital yesterday. there's the mine that goes more than a mile underground. fires were burning today. combination of fire and deadly carbon monoxide is hampering the effort. most people we've been speaking to say there's little if no hope of finding any survivors inside this mine. it's been private xized the last ten years or so. cost cutting there has led to a plummeting of cost of producing t

how did everyone there react to the visit of the president abdullah gul?eporter: lucy it was interesting. it ended not a long time ago. he didn't stay a particular long period of time. let me backtrack and tell you. >>> behind me is the mine site. the haze in the air was also mixed with smoke coming out of the mine. we were told fires had carried on blazing underground many hours after the initial blast. we could see the smoke early this morning. it's cleared a little now. the mood is down beat here. i think many hours after this thing happened, people are not really holding out much hope. take a listen to the report i come piled earlier. the morning brought hope to some. the mine is now a scar on the landscape and wound in the heart of family as unsure of whether to grieve. it's been a long time since scenes like these. two miners emerge alive. these are from yesterday. now the country's energy minister says there's more bad news. >> 282 workers killed have been returned to their families by this evening. there will be no delays in delivering them to thei