Trapped miners: One of four at Gleision Colliery dead

Rescuers had been trying to reach the men in the flooded Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe for nearly 24 hours, Kazinform cites BBC News.

The trapped miners are Charles Breslin, 62; David Powell, 50; and Garry Jenkins, 39, from the Swansea Valley; and Phillip Hill, 45, of Neath.

Police said the identity of the dead miner is not yet known.

He was found by rescue crews in a very deep part of the flooded mine earlier on Friday, but they have so far been unable to recover his body.

Families and friends who are at the nearby Rhos community centre have been informed of the news.

The rescue operation to find the other three miners is continuing.

Chris Margetts, from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said the dead miner was found on the "exit side of the body of water" and that it was "quite possible the team has been split".

Emergency services said they had not given up hope of finding the other three men alive and hope they have found their way in to an air pocket on the other side of the water.

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