Soma, Turkey (CNN) -- A sullen throng maintained a vigil outside a coal mine in Soma, Turkey, on Wednesday as hopes flagged for finding survivors inside the burning complex of tunnels.
The death toll in the Turkish mine fire now stands at 245, according to Turkey's Natural Disaster and Emergency Coordination Directorate.
As many as 120 trapped are inside the mine, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters, citing figures given to him by the mining company.
Efforts to save them were being complicated by the fire, which began Tuesday after a transformer blew up during a shift change. Emergency officials said 88 people had made it out of the mine. It is unclear how many workers were underground at the time of the explosion.
