Reuters: Russia Says Mine Blasts Kill 30, 60 Missing
Underground
explosions killed 30 people and trapped 60 more in Russia's worst mine
disaster in three years, emergency officials said Monday as they raced
against rising floodwaters.
Nearly 300 miners escaped or were rescued after the methane blasts at the weekend, but the death toll at the Raspadskaya coal mine, 3,000 km (1,850 miles) east of Moscow, rose from 12 overnight as more bodies were found underground, the ministry said in a statement.
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Nearly 300 miners escaped or were rescued after the methane blasts at the weekend, but the death toll at the Raspadskaya coal mine, 3,000 km (1,850 miles) east of Moscow, rose from 12 overnight as more bodies were found underground, the ministry said in a statement.
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