Indonesia coal mine explosion traps 24 - official

JAKARTA, June 16 (Reuters) - An Indonesian government official said on Tuesday that 24 miners had been trapped underground following an explosion in a coal mine in Sumatra island.

Syafriwal, head of the government mining division in Sawahlunto city in West Sumatra, denied earlier reports that the accident was due to a landslide near a coal mine operated by state coal miner PT Bukit Asam (PTBA.JK).

"It's not a landslide, but an explosion at an underground mine," the official said. (Reporting by Olivia Rondonuwu; Editing by Sara Webb)