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Kemorovo mine blast toll rises to 12

Published on 09/05/2010

A twin methane explosion at the Raspadskaya coal mine in Russia’s Kemerovo region in Siberia has left 12 miners dead and injured about 50 others. There were about 360 miners in the pit when the first blast occurred around Saturday midnight.