Donetsk (Ukraine) (RIA Novosti) : An explosion ripped through the notorious Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine and has left 52 miners injured, the regional administration said.
The rescue service said there were 385 miners underground at the time of the blast early Saturday. All the people have been evacuated and the injured were admitted to a city hospital, the rescue service said.
This is the second explosion at the mine in the past two weeks. A total of 101 miners were killed Nov 18 in a blast at the Zasyadko mine in the Donetsk region, the heart of the country’s coal industry.
Authorities said faulty equipment and poor safety conditions might have been the reason behind the methane blast at the mine. An investigation is underway.
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