Eight miners killed in coal mine collapse in Russia’s Magadan region
A collapse at a coal mine in Magadan, Russian Far East, killed eight workers. Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said the bodies of all victims have been recovered and the search-and-rescue operation is complete. Rescue workers retrieved four additional bodies on Monday, bringing the total to eight.
Eight people died following a rock collapse at a coal mine in the Susumansky urban district of Magadan, in the Russian Far East, authorities confirmed on Monday. Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry announced that a search-and-rescue operation had been completed and the bodies of all eight victims were recovered from the rubble. “Today, at the site of the rock collapse… the bodies of four more deceased coal enterprise workers were found. In total, mine rescuers have recovered the bodies of eight people from under the rubble,” the ministry said in a statement.
Rescue operation
The active phase of the rescue operation has now ended, and no more people remain trapped under the rubble, the ministry noted. The Magadan Region Prosecutor’s Office organized supervisory oversight of the rescue efforts. The cause of the collapse is under investigation. Coal mining accidents are not uncommon in Russia, where safety standards have been a concern in some remote operations.
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