146 miners blocked underground in Ukraine
23:00, 18 October 2011
KIEV. October 18. KAZINFORM A total of 146 miners were blocked in the gateway of the Dzerzhinsky coal mine in the Donetsk region of east Ukraine early Tuesday, the Trade Union of Ukraine's Coal Industry said.
According to the union, the electricity in the gateway was turned off.
Rescuers say lives of mines are out of danger, Xinhua reports.
"It is impossible to take the miners to the surface now, as the human cage also de-energized. Miners were quickly brought to a safe place - a fresh stream near the trunk. None of the miners suffered," the union said.
The work of the mine would be suspended before full power recovery.
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