6 people die in new explosion in Russia's Arctic mine:official

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AFP Moscow
Last Updated : Feb 28 2016 | 1:22 PM IST
Six people died -- most of them rescuers -- in a new explosion in a mine in northern Russia where 26 miners went missing following an accident three days ago.
"Six people died, five of them rescuers," said Anton Kovalishin, a spokesman for the emergencies ministry in the Komi region where the Severnaya mine is located. Separately, Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said that the 26 missing miners were most likely also dead.
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First Published: Feb 28 2016 | 1:22 PM IST

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