Ukraine coal mine blast 'traps dozens' at Zasyadko, More than 70 workers have been trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in a rebel-held region of eastern Ukraine, reports say.
One miner was killed and 14 were injured at the Zasyadko nine in Donetsk while the fate of 73 others is unknown, local officials said.
A union official was quoted as saying it had been a methane blast.
Reuters news agency quoted a rescue official as saying more than 30 people were killed but this is not confirmed.
Donetsk saw heavy fighting between separatist rebels and government troops over the winter but the mine union official, Mikhail Volynets, told a Ukrainian TV channel there had been no fighting in the area in recent days...Read More
One miner was killed and 14 were injured at the Zasyadko nine in Donetsk while the fate of 73 others is unknown, local officials said.
A union official was quoted as saying it had been a methane blast.
Reuters news agency quoted a rescue official as saying more than 30 people were killed but this is not confirmed.
Donetsk saw heavy fighting between separatist rebels and government troops over the winter but the mine union official, Mikhail Volynets, told a Ukrainian TV channel there had been no fighting in the area in recent days...Read More
