The number of victims of Indonesia 's coal mine explosion at Sawah Lunto of West Sumatra province rose to 27 people, and 17 people were injured and six others still trapped underground, the private television station MetroTV reported on Wednesday.
The report said that fire resulted from the explosion reached as high as 50 meters to the sky, Xinhua reported.
The evacuation was temporary halted at 12: 00 and would be continued at 1:00 p.m..
The search and rescue team will add blower hoses to reach deeper because other miners are believed to be trapped 200 meters in depth.
Methane explosion was believed as the cause of the explosion. Lack of safety standard has been often blamed for the cause of the accident.