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Omaha Steve

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Thu Nov 25, 2021, 08:10 AM Nov 2021

Coal mine fire in Russia's Siberia kills 11, dozens trapped

Source: AP

By DARIA LITVINOVA

MOSCOW (AP) — A fire at a coal mine in Russia’s Siberia killed 11 people and injured more than 40 others on Thursday, with dozens of others still trapped, authorities said.

Efforts to rescue those trapped in the mine were halted on Thursday afternoon because of an explosion threat, and rescuers were rushed out of the mine, administrators of the mine told the Interfax news agency.

The blaze took place in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. Russia’s state Tass news agency reported, citing an unnamed emergency official, that coal dust caught fire, and that smoke quickly filled the Litsvyazhnaya mine through the ventilation system.

A total of 285 people were in the mine at the time of the incident — 239 of them have been evacuated and 46 other miners are still trapped underground, Kemerovo Governor Sergei Tsivilyov said on his page on the messaging app Telegram.



In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 photo, rescuers prepare to work at a fire scene at a coal mine near the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometres (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia,. Russian authorities say a fire at a coal mine in Siberia has killed nine people and injured 44 others. Dozens of others are still trapped. A Russian news agency says the blaze took place in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. (Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-russia-fires-1a12b55ba7f593f62c3776d74184ecac

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Coal mine fire in Russia's Siberia kills 11, dozens trapped (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2021 OP
Russian coal mine: Death toll soars to 52 after accident - reports muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. Russian coal mine: Death toll soars to 52 after accident - reports
Fri Nov 26, 2021, 04:54 AM
Nov 2021
The incident started when coal dust in a ventilation shaft caught fire on Thursday, filling the Siberian mine with smoke and killing 11.

By nightfall, a failed operation to reach dozens of missing miners had turned to tragedy after several rescuers reportedly suffocated.
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Then late on Thursday several sources told Russian media agencies that no further survivors were expected to be found and the death toll had risen to more than 50, including six rescuers in total.

Three people, including the mine director, have been arrested over alleged safety failings, Reuters news agency reports.

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