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Methane gas explosion kills 30 in Ukraine─── 10:55 Wed, 04 Mar 2015
Donetsk - A suspected methane gas blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held region of eastern Ukraine has killed at least 30 people.
Officials say at least 14 miners were also injured at the Zasyadko nine in Donetsk, scene of the country's worst mine disaster nearly eight years ago.
Rescuers have not yet reached the site of the blast. Donetsk saw heavy fighting between separatist rebels and government troops over the winter.
But a mine union official, Mikhail Volynets, told a Ukrainian TV channel there had been no fighting in the area in recent days.
While Ukraine's economy has significantly shrunk since the conflict began in April, many coal mines continue to operate in the conflict zone.
BBC
