Authorities in Spain say an accident at a mine in the northern Asturias region has killed at least five people and injured another four.

Five miners died on Monday and four were injured in an accident in a coal mine in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, the regional emergency services said.

Early indications suggest blast in Asturias region was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive mixture in mines Five people died and four were seriously injured in an explosion on Monday at a coal mine in northern Spain's Asturias region,