Police open case into methane explosion at mine in Pavlohrad

Published Jan. 11, 2019 at 11:14 am

Rescuers arrive at the Stepova coal mine not far from Chervonohrad, in the western region of Lviv on March 2, 2017, after eight miners died when a methane gas explosion tore through a pit.Rescuers said they had managed to save an additional 20 miners who were trapped underground when the blast hit the mine in the western Lviv region near the border with Poland.

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Police have opened a criminal investigation into a methane gas mine explosion DTEK Pavlohradvuhillia mine in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region that injured five miners.

The press service of the region’s police said a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 272 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code (violation of safety rules during the execution of works with increased danger) has been opened. Police are investigating.

The explosion occurred at 9:15 p.m. on January 10. All miners have been evacuated from the scene of the accident.