The governor of the Kemerovo region, Sergei Tsivilev, on Thursday announced the death of nine miners after a serious accident in a Russian coal mine in Siberia.
Tsivilev said that 49 people were still underground and that there was no communication with them.
The TASS news agency reported that 11 people had died in the accident as the exact death toll is still unclear.
A total of 237 workers have been rescued from the Liztvyazhnaya mine and more than 40 of them had to be treated in hospitals.
The reason for the explosion was initially unknown and the condition of the miners still underground was also unclear.
According to reports, the mine tunnels were heavily filled with smoke.
The explosion…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
