39 missing after Ukraine coal mine explosion

39 missing after Ukraine coal mine explosion

Thirty-nine miners are missing after an explosion at a Ukrainian coal mine on Tuesday, officials said.

Nine bodies were recovered and one miner survived.

“As of 9 a.m. (0600 GMT), 172 miners have been evacuated from the pit,” Ukraine’s Emergencies Ministry said in a statement. “Ten miners were found. Nine were dead and one was injured. The fate of 39 miners remains unknown.”

A regional official said earlier that rescue teams were looking for 10 miners still underground and unaccounted for at the Zasyadko mine in the eastern town of Donetsk.

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