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The sixth miner has died in the hospital in Kramatorsk (Donetsk region), injured in an explosion at Pokrovske Colliery on July 31, MP Mykhailo Volynets has said.

“The hospital in Kramatorsk reported the death of another miner. At 12:20, the heart of the sixth miner, injured in an explosion at Pokrovske Colliery, stopped,” Volynets said on his Facebook page.

As reported, on the morning of July 31, an explosion occurred in Pokrovske Colliery. Among the victims were four workers of the mine administration and six workers of the contractor organization. Three miners died, the rest were hospitalized in serious condition.