ZONGULDAK — 1983 · Major Tragedy
Armutçuk Firedamp Disaster
ClosedSources: BLast updated: 14 October 2026
On 7 March 1983, a firedamp explosion at the Armutçuk coal mine of the Turkish Hard Coal Enterprise in Kandilli, Ereğli district, killed 103 miners. It remains one of the gravest in a series of methane explosions in the Zonguldak coalfield. The Chamber of Mining Engineers and local institutions commemorate the victims every 7 March, citing the disaster alongside Kozlu, Karadon, Soma and Ermenek as a symbol of the region's workplace safety problems.
- Date
- 1983
- Place
- Ereğli (Kandilli), Zonguldak
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 41.3500, 31.5500 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 7 March 1983A firedamp explosion occurred at the Armutçuk mine.
- March 1983103 workers were confirmed dead.
- Every 7 MarchThe miners are commemorated in Kandilli.
Sources
- TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası — Armutçuk faciasında hayatını kaybeden 103 maden emekçisi anıldı maden.org.tr ↗
- Habertürk — Armutçuk'taki grizu faciasının 37. yılı haberturk.com ↗
- Chamber of Mining Engineers (TMMOB)
- Habertürk
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.