Forty-seven miners unaccounted for following blast in Donbas coalmine - union
KYIV. March 4 (Interfax) - Forty-seven miners remain unaccounted for after an air-methane mixture exploded underground at the Zasyadko coalmine in Donetsk at 5:20 a.m. on Wednesday, says Mykhailo Volynets, the head of the Ukrainian Independent Union of Miners.
Five miners managed to leave the accident-stricken section safely, the union said on its website.
A rescue operation is under way. The Zasyadko mine is located on a territory not controlled by Kyiv.