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| Ukraine coal mine blast 'traps dozens' at Zasyadko | Ukraine coal mine blast 'traps dozens' at Zasyadko |
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| More than 70 workers have been trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in a rebel-held region of eastern Ukraine, reports say. | |
| One miner was killed and 14 were injured at the Zasyadko nine in Donetsk while the fate of 73 others is unknown, local officials said. | |
| A union official was quoted as saying it had been a methane blast. | A union official was quoted as saying it had been a methane blast. |
| Reuters news agency quoted a rescue official as saying more than 30 people were killed but this is not confirmed. | |
| Donetsk saw heavy fighting between separatist rebels and government troops over the winter but the mine union official, Mikhail Volynets, told a Ukrainian TV channel there had been no fighting in the area in recent days. | |
| A statement issued by the pro-government administration in Donetsk region appeared to concur with information given by rebel emergency services at the scene. | |
| At the time of the blast, 230 people were in the shaft and 157 had been brought out by 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT), it said. | |
| Four of the injured workers were being treated for burns, it added. | |
| Vladimir Tsymbalenko, head of the local mining safety service, was quoted by Reuters as saying: "According to preliminary information, more than 30 people were killed. | |
| "Rescue workers have not yet come to the place of the explosion, they are removing the poisonous gas and then will go down." |