peggy bunkkerg joins us with th latest. >> reporter: the number has gone up. rescuers are trying to reach over 200 minors underground. the explosion hit during a shift change when more workers than normal were inside that mine. rescuers were racing to pull survivors from the mine. some crawled from the burning mine on their own. when they came out alive there were cheers from the mine. rescuers are pulling out from the mine. this after a power distribution unit shut down the mine. trapping the workers 450 yards on the ground. listen to this. >> . >> he is saying we know that people have lost their lives because of this reason and without giving detailed information i'm now flying to soma. gas in the mine is so thick that they are having trouble getting into the mine. the injured minors are being taken to the hospital where you can see the scene here. people franticly waiting to find out if their loved ones survived. the safety record in turkey is abysmal. the ministry says this mine has been inspected five times including in march. during that inspection no sa