32 Feared Dead In Ukraine Coal Mine Explosion

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Wednesday, 4 March 2015

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At least 32 miners were killed Wednesday in a suspected methane explosion in Zasyadko mine in the Donetsk region, Ukraine's state-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

Speaker Volodymyr Groysman announced the toll in a statement to Parliament and called for a moment's silence, Ukrinform said.

The official news agency of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, DAN, earlier reported that one miner had been killed and another 73 were trapped underground.

It's not yet clear whether the increase in the number of deaths affects the number believed trapped.

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