BERLIN - A rescue operation for dozens of miners after an explosion in eastern Germany was successful on Friday, police said on Twitter Alle Personen konnten geborgen werden.#Teutschenthal — Polizei Halle (Saale) (@Polizei_HAL) November 8, 2019 'All people could be recovered,' police in the adjacent city of Halle said. The explosion occurred earlier in the morning in a mine in the town of Teutschenthal, some 150 kilometres (95 miles) southwest of Berlin.