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Gas explosion at Russian coal mine kills 2

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AP Moscow
Russian officials say a methane gas explosion has ripped through a coal mine and killed two miners.

A total of 105 miners were in the Dzerzhinsky mine in the Kemerovo region of Siberia when the gas exploded just before 9:30 p.M. Yesterday.

The regional administration said in a statement that two of the miners died, but the rest had made it out alive.

The cause of the blast was unknown. The regional administration said an investigation was underway.
 

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First Published: Jan 23 2014 | 3:05 AM IST

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