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URGENT: ONE KILLED, 10 INJURED IN MINE BLAST IN KISELEVSK
16:50 18/05/2005
MOSCOW/KEMEROVO, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - One man was killed and nine injured in the explosion in a mine in Kiselevsk (Kemerovo region), said a spokesman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
"Ten out of 11 miners who stayed near the epicenter of the explosion were brought to surface. They have injuries and burns. One miner was killed," the spokesman said.
Previous reports said that the last miner was alive.
The explosion hit section 5 of mine No. 12 at 13.30 Moscow time and 132 miners stayed there at the moment.
It was supposedly a methane explosion.
Seven teams of mine rescuers are working at the site of the accident.

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