Five people died and another four were seriously injured in a blast Monday at a coal mine in northern Spain's Asturias region, the nation's deadliest mining accident in decades. This is the deadliest mining accident in Spain since 1995 when 14 people died following an explosion at a mine in Asturias near the town of Mieres.

A blast at a mine in Spain’s northern Asturias region has killed at least five workers and injured four others, according to local emergency services, Al Jazeera reported.

Start of the environmental restoration works at the Cerredo opencast mine

Authorities in Spain say an accident at a mine in the northern Asturias region has killed at least five people and injured another four

Early indications suggest blast in Asturias region was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive mixture in mines.

A blast in a coal mine in the northern Spanish region of Asturias on Monday has left at least nine people injured and several trapped, El Mundo newspaper reported. President Donald Trump has revealed plans to remove a tree from the White House thought to have been planted by former President Andrew Jackson in the early 1800s.