ASTANA, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Three workers have died of gas poisoning in a mine in Kazakhstan's central region of Karaganda, the local emergencies ministry said Tuesday.
"Three workers died of gas poisoning in the Maikudukskaya mine in Karaganda Monday," an emergencies spokesman said.
He said the Maikudukskaya mine was shut down in 2003 and transferred to a liquidation company.
The bodies have been retrieved in an operation that involved eight emergencies workers and special equipment.