Mourners attend the funeral ceremony for Ridvan Acet, one of the miners who died after an explosion in a coal mine in Amasra, in Turkey's Bartin Province, on Oct 15, 2022. (YASIN  AKGUL / AFP)

ANKARA - Five prosecutors were appointed to investigate an underground coal mine explosion that killed 41 workers in northern Türkiye, the country's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Sunday.

"I would like to express clearly to the public that this incident will be investigated and clarified in all its aspects. No matter how many questions there are, they will all be answered," he said.

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Muslim Sheikhs recite prayers during the funeral of three miners killed in a near by mine blast, during their funeral in the village of Ahatlar near Amasra, in the Black Sea province of Bartinm, Türkiye, on Oct 16, 2022. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP)

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said it was not possible to detect evidence inside the mine at present as the cooling works have not yet been completed, but promised that all requirements of the investigation will be meticulously fulfilled in the next period

Eleven others were injured and hospitalized in the explosion, which occurred 300 meters below ground on Friday at 6:15 pm local time (1515 GMT) at the Amasra Hard Coal Enterprise in Amasra town and trapped 110 workers, 58 of whom later managed to get out on their own, and 11 others were injured and hospitalized, state and local officials said.

If there is any negligence, fault, or deficiency, the law will do what is necessary, the Turkish minister emphasized.

Bozdag said it was not possible to detect evidence inside the mine at present as the cooling works have not yet been completed, but promised that all requirements of the investigation will be meticulously fulfilled in the next period.

Arriving at the scene in the town of Amasra on Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to "exert our best effort" to put the history of mining accidents to an end.

This AFP graphic dated Oct 16, 2022 shows the map of Türkiye locating Amasra.

He told reporters that administrative and judicial authorities will investigate the incident to reveal what caused the explosion and who, if anyone, is responsible.

Meanwhile, all the operations at the mine have been suspended until further notice and the teams continued to fight the fire in parts of the site, the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez told reporters.

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Initial findings indicate the blast was caused by firedamp, he said.

In 2014, as many as 301 people died in Türkiye's worst mine disaster in a fire inside a coal mine in Soma town of western Manisa province.