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Blast kills four at Ukrainian coalmine

By Xinhua

Kiev : A third explosion in two weeks at a coal mine at Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has killed four people, officials said Monday.

All the dead were maintenance workers who were trying to clear the affected section of the Zasyadko coal mine Sunday when the blast occurred, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported. More than 40 people were working when the blast occurred.

On Nov 18, 101 miners were killed at the same mine in a powerful explosion.