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Listvyazhnaya Mine Disaster
The Listvyazhnaya mine disaster was a mining accident that occurred on 25 November 2021 in a coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Smoke from a fire in a ventilation shaft caused the suffocation of over 40 miners. A failed attempt to rescue the trapped miners resulted in the deaths of at least five rescuers when the mine exploded. It is the deadliest mine accident in Russia since the 2010 Raspadskaya mine explosion in the same region. Background The Listvyazhnaya mine is part of SDS-Holding, which is owned by the Siberian Business Union. According to local media, a methane explosion in the same mine caused 13 deaths in 2004. In 2016, following the Vorkuta mine disaster, Russian authorities assessed the safety of 58 coal mines in the country and declared 34% of them as potentially unsafe. Media reports state that Listvyazhnaya was not among them. According to independent Russian news agency Interfax, the last inspection of the Listvyazhnaya mine took place on 19 November. A ...
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