Rescuers have found two miners, though dozens remained trapped underground after a gas explosion in a coal mine in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
Ukranian Television reported that it remained unclear how many of the 35 miners survived Sunday's methane gas explosion, 1,000 metres below the surface, but voices of some survivors were heard at a depth of 700 metres. The rescuers are racing against time amid fears of flooding in the mine. Ukraine's coal mining industry claims on average between 250 and 350 lives every year, mostly in underground explosions and equipment failures.
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