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Miners killed in Ukraine blast
At least 14 miners dead and others unaccounted for after blast in Donetsk mine.
Last Modified: 18 Nov 2007 08:41 GMT
The Zasyadko mine in eastern Ukraine has a history of fatal accidents [AP]
At least 14 miners have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine.
 
"Fourteen dead bodies have been discovered" in the mine in the Donetsk region after the accident," the country's ministry of emergency situations said in a statement on Sunday.
"The fate of 17 others remains unclear."

Thirty-one miners were working in the area of the Zasyadko mine near where the explosion occurred shortly after 03:00 am (0100 GMT), the ministry said.
A total of 457 people were working in the mine at the time.

A massive rescue operation had been initiated with 65 rescue teams and 21 medical units deployed to the scene, the statement said.

Several fatal accidents have previously occurred at the Zasyadko mine.

A gas leak in September 2006 killed 13 miners.

In 1999 an explosion claimed 50 lives, while in 2001 another explosion killed 50 people, and 20 people were killed in an mining accident in 2002.
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