Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Four missing coal miners have `` very little chance '' for survival in a southwest Pakistan mine that collapsed after a methane gas explosion Sunday , a government official said . At least 48 of the 52 miners in the mine were confirmed dead , but just 28 of the bodies had been recovered by Monday evening , according to Sardar Aslam Bizenjo , the minister for irrigation in Balochistan province . `` There is very little chance of survival for remaining four , '' he said Monday . The mine in the Soringe area , 35 kilometers ( about 22 miles ) east of Quetta , caved in Sunday after the explosion .
NEW : `` Little chance '' seen for four missing miners , an official says . NEW : 28 bodies have been recovered , official says . Methane gas explodes in a coal mine near Quetta in Pakistan .