The accident occurred in rebel-controlled Donetsk city's Zasyadko coal mine -- one of eastern Europe's largest, where the same type of incident briefly trapped 300 miners on January 11.
"When the power went out, there were 496 miners underground," a Donetsk region emergencies ministry official told AFP by telephone. "Right now, we are making preparations to bring them to safety."
A pro-rebel regional news site quoted another ministry official as saying that the lives of the miners are not in danger and that the first evacuation had already begun.
An unnamed separatist "defence ministry" official in Donetsk said 110 miners had been brought back to the ground in the first minutes after the power outage.
The nine-month east Ukrainian war between pro-Russian militants and government forces has claimed nearly 5,100 lives.
Fighting around the rebel stronghold Donetsk intensified this month after a brief lull and the daily death toll is again reaching levels last seen at the height of the war in August.
Insurgency leaders last week pulled out of peace talks with the Western-backed government in Kiev and vowed to seize new territory that could expand their reach over most of Ukraine's industrial east.
AFP
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Rescatados 110 de los 500 mineros bloqueados en Donetsk tras impacto de proyectil ...
ReplyDeleteMás de 100 mineros de los 500 trabajadores que se encontraban bloqueados en la mina Zasiadko de Donetsk, han sido rescatados, declaró el subcomandante de las milicias de Donetsk, Eduard Basurin.
"El proyectil impactó cerca de la mina, la electricidad está cortada (…). No hay riesgo de inundación, 110 mineros fueron evacuados", dijo citado por la agencia de noticias de Donetsk. La mina se que quedó sin electricidad tras el impacto de proyectil................http://mundo.sputniknews.com/mundo/20150126/1033645577.html
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All workers evacuated from Zasyadko mine in eastern Ukraine, nobody hurt...
ReplyDeleteAll workers in the Zasyadko mine that was cut off from electric power supply due to Ukrainian army’s shelling attack on the city of Donetsk in the east of Ukraine have been evacuated to the surface, head of the Kiev and Kuibyshev district councils Ivan Prikhodko told the Donetsk news agency on Monday.
“Nobody has been hurt,” he added. According to Prikhodko, the sub-station that supplies electricity to the mine is currently out of operation. “It is early to speak of the damage, as the power engineers have not started repairs yet,” he said...............http://itar-tass.com/en/world/773415
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