New blast at Ukraine mine: 4 dead, 1 missing - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

New blast at Ukraine mine: 4 dead, 1 missing
02 Dec 2007 21:48:51 GMT
Source: Reuters

DONETSK, Ukraine, Dec 2 (Reuters) - An explosion
on Sunday struck the same coal mine in eastern Ukraine
hit by the country's worst mining accident two weeks
ago, killing four men and leaving one missing,
officials said.

Ukraine's Mining Inspectorate said the four dead were
maintenance workers trying to clear the affected
section of the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk. Thirty-seven
miners were helping the maintenance team and all but
one had been taken to the surface.

The 9 p.m. explosion was the second in two days in
the area where a methane blast on Nov. 18 killed 101
miners at Zasyadko. (Reporting by Lina Kushch; Writing
by Ron Popeski; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02472639.htm

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