MOSCOW, Feb 14 (NNN-TASS) – A total of 98 workers are being evacuated after a cave-in in a coalmine in Russia’s Siberian coal-rich region of Kuzbass, the press service of the Russian emergencies ministry told TASS on Sunday.
Rescuers were alerted about the incident at about 3:10 local time on Sunday (23:10 Moscow time on Saturday).
“A total of 98 people were in the mine at the time of the incident. People are being taken to the surface,” the press service said.
Later, the ministry’s press service said a total of 83 people have already been evacuated safely, but the evacuation continues.
A rescue source told TASS the incident occurred at the Yubileinaya mine in the Kemerovo Region city of Novokuznetsk.
Shortly after, an emergencies source told TASS that, “according to preliminary information, one person died.” This information has not yet been officially confirmed.
