29/07/2011 10:48
16 killed, 10 missing in Ukraine mine explosion
A blast at a coal mine in the Lugansk region of eastern Ukraine killed at least 16 miners on Friday, the Emergencies Ministry of Ukraine said, the Reuters reports.
Two workers were hospitalized with burns and emergency officials were working to locate 10 other miners who had worked in the area of the explosion, which occurred at 1:57 a.m. local time (2257 GMT Thursday), it said in a statement.