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Eighteen feared dead in Russian coal mine blast

February 11, 2013 11:46
Sixteen miners were killed and another two were feared dead Monday when a methane explosion tore through a coal mine in the remote Russian Far North within the Arctic Circle, the latest disaster to hit the country's accident-prone mining industry. Two miners were missing and feared dead after the explosion at the Vorkutinskaya mine controlled by Russian steel-making giant Severstal in the Komi region town of Vorkuta, the emergencies ministry said. One of the rescued miners was "in extremely grave" condition, health officials added.

Eighteen feared dead in Russian coal mine blast

February 11, 2013 10:00
Sixteen miners were killed and another two were feared dead Monday when a methane explosion tore through a coal mine in the remote Russian Far North within the Arctic Circle, the latest disaster to hit the country's accident-prone mining industry. Two miners were still missing and feared dead after the explosion at the Vorkutinskaya mine controlled by Russian steel-making giant Severstal in the Komi region town of Vorkuta, the emergencies ministry said. One of the rescued miners was "in extremely grave" condition, health officials said separately.

Nine trapped after Russia coal mine blast: official

February 11, 2013 05:00
Nine miners were feared trapped after an explosion Monday at their mine in the Komi region in Russia's Far North, the emergencies ministry said. A total of 259 miners were working underground when the explosion went off at the Vorkutinskaya mine, an emergencies ministry spokeswoman told AFP. Two hundred and fifty of them made it back to the surface but nine were still trapped underground. The nine miners are believed to be alive, the spokeswoman said. Initial reports had said around two dozen miners were working in the shaft where the explosion took place.

UPDATE 4-Methane blast kills 18 at Russia coal mine

February 11, 2013 05:00
* Emergencies Ministry blames methane for blast * Putin sends minister to scene * Russia has long history of mine disasters By Thomas Grove MOSCOW, Feb 11 (Reuters) - An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern Russia on Monday and President Vladimir Putin dispatched his disasters minister to the scene to oversee rescue efforts.
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