Seventeen miners killed in Donetsk mine explosion

Miners arive at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk . Photo by Reuters.
Miners arive at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk . Photo by Reuters.
Seventeen miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, where a blast trapped dozens of people, the news agency RIA Novosti said, citing the region's emergency services.

"Up to this moment out of the 32 people who are under the rubble, the bodies of 16 people were found with no signs of life," RIA cited the emergency services spokesperson as saying.

Earlier in the day, a body of one miner had been recovered. The fate of 16 more remains unknown. 

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