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More than 50 reported dead in Siberia coal mine accident

More than 50 people were reported to have died on Nov. 25 after smoke filled a Siberian coal mine and a rescue effort ended in tragedy.

Senior managers at the mine in Russia's Kemerovo region had been detained for suspected safety violations, after the latest deadly accident to hit the country's vast mining industry.

Unknown number of casualties in Donetsk mine explosion

The estimates of the casualties in a Donetsk mine after the explosion which took place earlier today, are all over the place.

 

The Miners Association announced that 47 people are missing, while it is considering the possibility that the number of casualties will rise to 77, however, it cannot clarify the number of miners trapped inside the mine at the time of the explosion.