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A large-scale explosion occurred at a mine in Russia: 52 people died

In the Kemerovo region (Russia) on November 25, a large-scale explosion occurred at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine. According to the latest data, 52 people were killed. One was saved. At the time of the explosion, there were at least 285 people in the mine. The details of the tragedy were shared by the publication with the BBC.

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When the explosion thundered, 239 people managed to quickly rise to the surface.

Among the dead were miners and 6 rescuers who participated in the search - they suffocated. So far, mine rescuers have only been able to bring to the surface the bodies of six dead - three miners and three rescuers.

On November 26, it became known that rescuers found one survivor, writes with the BBC.

“The rescuers came across him, he was conscious, moving around the mine on his own. They helped him come to the surface. This is truly an amazing event,” said Sergei Tsivilev, governor of the Kemerovo region.

The survivor turned out to be rescuer Alexander Zakovryashin, who disappeared the day before during an operation to search for miners, reported the v.r.i.o. Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Alexander Chupriyan. Zakovryashin is a medic; he provided first aid to the victims in the mine. He was diagnosed with hypothermia, combustion poisoning and dehydration.

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Smoke is known to have occurred at a depth of 250 meters. It is officially recognized that it was caused by a methane explosion, but the final conclusions will be made by a special commission.

The leaders of the mine were detained by the police.

“All remaining miners are believed to be in two distant drifts; there is no contact with them yet,” the authorities said in a preliminary report. — The gas situation in the surveyed areas is safe, the smoke level is low. They cannot get out on their own due to heavy smoke and the distant location of the drift. Rescuers are heading towards them.”

The regional center for disaster medicine clarified that the victims were poisoned by the products of combustion, but they did not have any injuries.

What happened

An explosion occurred in the ventilation drift at a depth of 250 meters. Then a fire broke out.

“At 09:08 they called and reported that there was smoke. After 15 minutes, information was received that there had been an explosion in ventilation drift No. 823, and that people were coming out of the mine to the surface,” said a representative of Rostekhnadzor.

The administration of the mine reported that after the smoke was filled, the miners independently ascended to the surface.

“During the initial investigative actions, it was established that the managers violated the industrial safety requirements of hazardous production facilities. As a result, a gas-dynamic phenomenon occurred. Smoke began to form in the ventilation drift of section No. 4, as a result of which the workers in the excavation suffocated,” said the Russian Investigative Committee.

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The Listvyazhnaya mine develops the reserves of the Egozovo-Krasnoyarsk coal deposit. In August 2012, Dmitry Medvedev, who was then prime minister, descended into this mine.

What happens now

On the eve, the search was interrupted due to the strong gas pollution of the mine. In the morning, the governor announced the resumption of mine rescue work.

As the official explained, rescuers are isolating a section of mine workings, which will naturally be filled with methane. When the gas is distributed in this area, the risk of explosion will be reduced.

According to the governor, such degassing will take three days.

“After this, the headquarters will make a decision on further search work in the mine,” Tsivilev said.

In parallel, during these three days, rescuers will continue to eliminate the consequences of the fire - they will drill a well to extinguish possible fires in the mine.

There was already a fire in the mine

The wife of one of the miners told the reporter that, according to her information, on November 15 there was already a fire at the mine, which the miners extinguished themselves. According to her version, the cause of the fire then was the excess of the methane content. Then the miners went down to the mine again.

“They did not shy away and put out the fire in the mine on their own. Just a few days have passed, and now my husband is gone. And everyone knew it. Rospotrebnadzor checked everything. And what were they checking there? This methane has been going off scale there for a long time!” - says the woman.

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