World | New Zealand Second Blast Hits NZ Mine, All Miners Believed Dead 'We are now going into recovery mode' By Rob Quinn Posted Nov 23, 2010 10:16 PM CST Copied Joseph Ray Dunbar, 17, is the youngest of 29 miners missing and presumed dead in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police) A second huge blast has hit the New Zealand coal mine where 29 miners are missing and authorities say it would have been impossible for anybody to survive. "We are now going into recovery mode," a police superintendent said. High levels of toxic gases thwarted rescue attempts after a blast at the mine last week and even before the second explosion, authorities had warned that it may never be safe for rescue workers to enter the mine, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Read These Next Trump administration begins federal layoffs amid shutdown. Multiple people are dead or missing after an explosion in Tennessee. Trump's public plea to Bondi was reportedly meant to be private. Peter Thiel thinks the Antichrist is 'someone like Greta.' Report an error