A devastating explosion in a Siberian coal mine has left 52 miners and rescuers dead about 250 metres (820ft) underground, Russian officials said. Hours after a methane gas explosion and fire filled the mine with toxic fumes, rescuers found 14 bodies but then were forced to halt the search for 38 ...
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Get MoreMOSCOW (AP) — A devastating explosion in a Siberian coal mine Thursday left 52 miners and rescuers dead about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian officials said. Hours after a methane gas ...
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Get MorePosted Thursday, November 25, 2021 11:09 am. MOSCOW (AP) — A fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia killed 11 people and injured more than 40 on Thursday, with dozens of others remaining ...
Get MoreMOSCOW (AP) — A devastating fire swept through a Siberian coal mine Thursday, killing 52 miners and rescuers about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian news reports said. Hours after a methane gas explosion and fire filled the mine with toxic fumes, rescuers found 14 bodies but then were forced to halt the search for 38 others because ...
Get MoreMOSCOW (AP) — At least 14 people died in a fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia on Thursday that also left 35 others missing and feared dead. Authorities said 11 miners were found dead and ...
Get MoreRussian miners who survived a fire at a Siberian coal mine were treated in hospital on Thursday and recounted the moments as they tried to leave the mine. Russian news agencies say the fire killed 52 miners and rescuers. Officials previously said that rescuers found 14 bodies and the search for 38 people missing was halted for safety reasons ...
Get MoreAmbulances and fire trucks are parked near the Listvyazhnaya coal mine out of the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometres (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. A ...
Get MoreAt least 14 people died in a fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia on Thursday that also left 35 others missing and feared dead. Authorities said 11 miners were found dead and three rescuers ...
Get MoreA fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia has killed 11 people and left more than 40 injured Video: Associated Press. MOSCOW (AP) — A devastating explosion in a Siberian coal mine Thursday left ...
Get MoreMOSCOW (AP) — A fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia killed 11 people and injured more than 40 on Thursday, with dozens of others remaining trapped, authorities said. Efforts to rescue those ...
Get MoreRescuers 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, on Nov. 25, 2021. (Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP) Some 285 people were inside the mine when smoke spread through the ventilation shaft, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Get MoreAmbulances and fire trucks are parked near the Listvyazhnaya coal mine out of the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometres (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. A ...
Get MoreA rescue mission was underway to save dozens of missing trapped coal miners after a fire broke out at a mine in Russia. Emergency services rushed to the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in the Kemerovo region of Russia's Siberia on Thursday. At least one miner was reported to have died in the incident while fears have been growing for the missing coal miners amid the …
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Get MoreIn 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 ...
Get MoreIt appears to be the deadliest mine accident in Russia since 2010, when two methane explosions and a fire killed 91 people at the Raspadskaya mine in the same Kemerovo region. In 2016, 36 miners were killed in a series of methane explosions in a coal mine in Russia's far north.
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Get MoreAt least 52 people have died from a Siberian coal mine fire that resulted from a gas leak, Russia's TASS news agency reported Thursday.. There were approximately 285 people in the Listvyazhnaya mine in Belovo, Siberia, when a fire erupted Thursday, filling the mine with smoke, the Associated Press reports.Most were evacuated, but dozens became trapped …
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Get MoreRussia: Death toll from Siberian coal mine fire raised to 52 In this photo provided by the Governor of Kemerovo Region Press Office, rescuers attend …
Get MoreAt least 11 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a coal mine in southwest Siberia on November 25, Russia's Tass News Agency said.The local government said an alert was sent after smoke was seen coming from the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in Gramoteino on Thursday morning.Around 239 people were brought to the surface by rescuers at the scene, …
Get MoreIn 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 ...
Get MoreIn 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.
Get MoreSurvivor found in coal mine accident in Russia's Siberia. A Russian Emergency Ministry truck is parked at the Listvyazhnaya mine, right, near Belovo, in the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia ...
Get MoreMOSCOW (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 ...
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Get MoreA 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. HOGP. Rescuers walk at the ...
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