A frantic rescue effort is continuing in western Turkey to try to save workers trapped after an explosion at a coal mine.

201 people are confirmed to have died out of more than 780 who were underground at the time of the blast in Soma.

It's thought the accident happened when a power unit at the site exploded more than a mile underground.

It's the country's worst mining accident for more than two decades.

Speaking through a translator, this relative says the wait for news is agonising: