Underground explosion occurred at mine of Zasyadko in Donetsk: one person dead.

At 5:20 am on Wednesday at a coal mine named after Zasyadko in Donetsk there was an underground explosion. At that time, there were 207 people working out, the fate of 47 people is unknown, five managed to get out from under the rubble with burns, Mikhail Volynets, the head of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of the Ukraine, told this the TV channel "112 Ukraine".

According to preliminary data methane exploded in the mine. Currently rescue operations are being conducted.

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