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Event: AC Tech. Disaster
Number: 2007-000214
Country: UKR Ukraine
Location: Zasyadko coal mine in the regional capital Donetsk
Date (YMD): 2007-11-18
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Information Source:IFRC DREF bulletin MDRUA003 - Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry
Comments: On the night of 18 November, a methane explosion occurred at the Zasyadko coal mine in the regional capital Donetsk in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry reported that 357 miners were rescued, 89 miners had died and 34 were injured. 11 people remain missing. Rescue teams continue searching for three miners, while access to the other eight miners trapped in the mineshaft will not be possible for about two months because of the heavy fires. A special government commission announced the
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